European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 312007 stars and stripes Page is faces former military brat booted from idol one of two american idol contestants with military backgrounds was eliminated from the Competition wednesday night As the weeks lowest vote getter Chris Sligh who grew up in a military Community in wies Baden Germany made the top 10 of the popular singing Competition and had been an Early fan favorite for his Quick wit but his rendition of every Little thing she does is magic by the police on tuesday night was blasted by the competitions judges As of key and Dull and his performance did not convince enough viewers to vote to keep him in the contest the competitions other Mili tary contestant Petty officer 3rd class Philip Stacey was also among the Bottom three vote getters for the week even though his rendition of the polices every breath you take was praised by the judges Sligh Jane Phillips the new Joyce Mcrae and Kathleen Strasser visiting Santa be no from Arizona feel the Force of a Mailbox on Lincoln Avenue and Palace Avenue that has been decorated As the droid r2d2 from the Star wars movies dont underestimate Power of the Force Darth Vader and Obi an Keno i will do Battle one More time and the emperor Han Solo Princess Leia and others will join in the struggle a set of 15 Stamps commemorating the Star wars mov ies will be released in May the postal service said wednesday and people will get to vote on their favorite from the set which will be reissued in late summer or Early fall As a single stamp said David Failor director of stamp services at the Post office were hoping that it really grabs a lot of attention there Are certainly a lot of Star wars fans out there Failor said in a Telephone interview the 41cent Stamps will be released May 25 the Price of sending a letter goes up to that rate on May 14 Failor said issuing a Star wars stamp had been consid ered previously in the celebrate the Century stamp series and the advisory committee that selects stamp subjects recently decided to revive the idea for the 30th anniversary of the release of the first Star wars film the 15 Stamps will be is sued on a single Sheet that resembles a movie poster once the Stamps Are Avail Able people who want to vote for their favorite will be Able to do it online at Ter com individual Stamps feature Darth Vader Yoda Obi an Keno i Han Solo and Che Bacca Anakin Skywalker fighting Obi an Keno i Queen padre amid Ala Luke Skywalker organa with postage Stamps Princess r2d2 emperor Palatine Darth Maul Imperial stormtroopers Boba fett a c the millennium Falcon 1 Wing fighter Anthony g Julianne Nicholson stars in flannel pyjamas actress slipping into flannel pyjamas role stories and photos from staff and wire reports by John Hayes Pittsburgh pos Gazette on her Way up Julianne Nicholson is touching All the right bases modelling in new York and Paris playing recurring characters on High profile to series and Landing Central roles in indie films on the festival circuit and supporting roles in mainstream movies id rather do As Many types of roles As possible said the Star of flannel pyjamas for me its much More exciting Nicholson 35 gets a lot of roles but in Many ways there not All that different by intention or serendipity Nicholson is gaining a reputation As the Young woman that Young women love to relate to on to Nicholson has starred As a psychic medium in the others did 15 episodes As a neurotic lawyer on ally Mcneal six episodes As a detective on Law order criminal intent and 13 episodes on the Law order spinoff conviction on film Shes worked with meryl Streep Renee Zell Weger and William Hurt in one True co starred in the love letter curtain Call Tully and Puccini for and works with Sally Field in two weeks in flannel pyjamas Shes Nicole a smart if slightly aimless woman who Falls for a self assured financially secure stud muffin the muffin do Jour is played by Justin Kirk whose Ca reer has been intertwining with Nicholson for several years both worked for the Law order folks and in Puccini for beginners i dont think Nicole and i Are very much alike said Nicholson in a recent phone interview Shes from a Large family in the Midwest very Catholic a dysfunctional family with a father who was rather Abu Sive to everyone knowing that her father hit her or she happened to see him not treating her Mother nicely in forms her ideas about relationships flannel pyjamas follows the relationship arc from its Giddy Start on a Blind Date its a gab est to the final Frame eve conscious of the Bottom line Trade Magazine Vari Ety praised the performances by Nicholson and Kirk but added a practical caveat the incessant gab finally wears out its Welcome and will limit audience interest to upscale Urban situations much As her character might however Nicholson says she loved the Talky script when i first read it write director Jeff Lipsky offered it to me and we filmed it a few months after she said that not often the Case with films of that Small size its All in the script initially 150 pages of very Rich charac Ter descriptions and when these people meet the relation ship unfolds Lipsky has been in the movie business for years but not on the artistic Side a film distributor for 30 years he has one other feature on his resume 1997s childhoods end