European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 16 2007 stars and stripes Page 11 faces Lettre prior Taire 20 g France French mail service la Poste is celebrating Harry Potter and friends with a set of Stamps and stationery starting this weekend the bespectacled Schoolboy wizard appears on Stamps for Domestic priority mail Ron Weasley appears on Stamps for slow Domestic mail and Hermione Granger appears on Stamps for International mail from the associated press farm town honors its King of Cool Steve Mcqueen aka the King of Cool will be Hon ored later this month in the Central Missouri town of Slater where he grew up Mcqueen whose famous movie moments include a mad motorcycle dash in the great escape and a car Chase through the streets of san Francisco in bullitt was born in Beech Grove ind on March 241930 he spent much of his childhood in Slater on his great uncles farm organizers said Steve Mcqueen Days to be held March 2325 could help raise the tourism profile of the fanning Community of 2100 residents about 200 Miles Northwest of St Louis the cites assistant administrator Russell Griffith said monday Mcqueen died of cancer in 1980 at age 50 the three Day event will include screenings of his mov ies a showing of Memorabilia and Tours to his boyhood Home and former school More reasons for Iran to Kate us the hit american movie 300 has angered iranians who say the greeks persians action flick insults their ancient culture and provokes animosity against Iran Hollywood declares War on iranians blared a head line in tuesdays edition of the Independent Ayen Deno newspaper the movie which raked in million in its opening weekend is based on a comic Book fantasy version of the Battle of thermopylae in 480 by in which a Force of 300 spartans held off a massive persian army at a Mountain pass in Greece for three Days state run television has run several commentaries Call ing the film insulting and has brought on iranian film directors to Point out its historical inaccuracies from the associated press dare to dream of being Blue Blue Man wannabes have to be tall athletic paint optional by August Brown los Angeles times los Angeles Phillip Vint wants to be a Blue Man that the Stocky 29yearold drummer for a fun reggae band made sure he was at the front of the line for open auditions to become the newest member of Blue Man group the first time i saw the show i said i have to do that he said id go anywhere they wanted me to id move to like Bakersfield for Vint and the dozens of aspiring actor drummers lined up outside of Hollywood Hudson theatre the Blue Man group offers a Chance to beat on lengths of pc pipe in front of thousands in total anonymity its not about being noticed Vint said its about being infamous which is More my thing the 70 performers employed As Blue men across Ameri Ca and Europe May be the most recognizable mute Mono chromatic figures in theater with Blue greasepaint cover ing every Inch of exposed skin the trios of actors drum their Way through a mix of surrealist performance Art populist off Roadway theater and Strobe lighted Rock concert Complete with accompanying shirts dds and appear ances in computer hip advertisements at any Given show audience members Are pulled on stage As subjects of Cheeky stunts and theres a front Row poncho Section which May suffer fallout from some of the Messier bits involving airborne paint the groups mix of multimedia music and comedy re quires actors to drum on Odd objects convey an array of emotions with Only a twitch of an Eyebrow or awkward pos Ture and catch Small objects thrown from across the stage in their Mouths it takes a certain kind of skill says casting director Deb Burton a lot of times its like some one going to the Art museum and seeing a Picasso and say ing of my 4yearold can do that they dont realize the intricacies of what were doing but they find out quickly the audition process begins with a run through of drum rudiments and ends hypothetically with an actors being assigned to a regular show there Are a few requirements on height generally Between 5foot10 and 6footl and weight an athletic build but not one for gender to be a Blue Man you have to have a real emotional availability Burton said some auditions have made me cry when there Able to do it its like they rip themselves open and you can see their soul Burton expected about four people to pass both the drum Ming and acting tests those potential Blue men will Fly to new York to work More intensively in the groups drum Ming and acting classes then be pared Down further to Flats like someone going to the Art museum and seeing a Picasso and saying of my 4yearold can do that they dont realize the intricacies of what were doing Blue Man group casting director Deb Burton Genaro Angeles times a Blue Man group member involves a Spectator during a performance in Universal City Calif Send us a photo of yourself Reading