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Take that break especially if you\u2019re a worker, (and who amongst us isn\u2019t<\/em>?,) because we\u2019re celebrating our country\u2019s labor force on Monday.<\/p>\n And here\u2019s something novel for my SoCal peeps to do this weekend: It\u2019s the Cinecon Classic Film Festival<\/em>, which runs from tomorrow night, August 29th, through Monday, Labor Day. What makes it especially interesting is that, among several personal appearances in conjunction with their classic films, such as The Pleasure Seekers <\/em>and The Rare Breed<\/em>, you will get to see Ann-Margret and\u2014wait for it\u2014ninety-four-year-old old school sex symbol Mamie Van Doren!!! OMG! It all sounds fascinating and there\u2019s something for everyone over this weekend. For the complete schedule and more information, please visit www.cinecon.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ann-Margret is one of the stars you can see this weekend at the Cinecon Classic Film Festival.<\/p><\/div>\n If I decided to go out for a bit, that\u2019s where I would head. But I\u2019m sure that we all know how I\u2019ll<\/em> be spending this entire holiday week-end. And that is\u2026watching the US Open, of course! On Monday, I previewed the action of this tennis tourney, (and discussed some of what had already gone on in the earlier Fan Week,) but I published the article before I finished watching the opening day\u2019s last match, which was the craziest one any of us had ever seen. (You can catch-up with all those thoughts right here: itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/tennis-the-2025-us-open-began-yesterday<\/a>.)<\/p>\n So I have to tell you what happened in that very entertaining insanity of the first round Daniil Medvedev-Benjamin Bonzi match on Sunday night. (And what better time to give you this long-ish lowdown than on a four-day holiday week-end, when you have so much time to just relax and read?)<\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to encapsulate that absolutely insane match, but I\u2019ll do my best to make it as brief as humanly possible. Meddy, one of my fave players, was playing a much lower-ranked guy, but one who has surprisingly beaten him twice before, in the best-of-five match. Ben was serving for the match in the third set, and he had a fault on his first serve, which meant he had one more serve for that point. As he began bouncing the ball, an elderly photographer came out of the back and started walking on the court!!! (We still don\u2019t know why he did that, but his credential has since been revoked, he was kicked-out of the tourney, and now he\u2019s suing the tournament!) So the chair umpire gave Ben an extra<\/em> serve, a decision which many of us feel was unfair, but with which some of the commentators agree. And that\u2019s when all hell broke loose.<\/p>\n Daniil Medvedev inciting the crowd to make noise during the weird situation.<\/p><\/div>\n Medvedev went crazy, as Mr. X and I feel he should. He vehemently questioned the umpire while inciting the crowd to make more noise than I\u2019ve ever heard at a tennis match! And the madness went on for\u2026six and a half minutes!!! And then, the only one imploring the crowd to quiet down was\u2026Medvedev!<\/p>\n And when Bonzi finally<\/em> got to serve again, he hit\u2026another fault! And on his next serve, Meddy won the point! And then he won the set<\/em>! So they went on to a fourth set, which Meddy also won, and at 6-0! It was looking very good for him. And in the deciding fifth set, he was up a break. Twice<\/em>! But then\u2026he lost.<\/p>\n I knew he\u2019d be disappointed about that, but I thought he would be at least satisfied<\/em> with himself for turning what looked like it was going to be a straight-sets loss into a dramatic going-the-distance one. But\u2026as he sat down after the handshake, he began destroying his racket like a madman! And that wasn\u2019t necessary to do in front of everyone\u2014he could have quickly walked off the court and obliterated his equipment behind the scenes! So now his already huge fine, (for yelling at the ump,) will most likely be doubled for \u201cracket abuse.\u201d Oysh.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>