Q&A: 'Garp' actors aren't distancing themselves from movie

Actors don't disavow 'Garp'

One of my all-time favorite movies is The World According to Garp, with Robin Williams, John Lithgow, Glenn Close, etc. Yet you never hear these stars mention this movie in their credits. Why not?

You overstate its neglect. Robin Williams' bio, for example, lists it. And this is from Glenn Close's bio for the FX series Damages: "Glenn Close made her feature film debut in George Roy Hill's The World According to Garp. Her performance in the film earned her awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review as well as an Academy Award nomination." If you don't hear the actors talking about the movie, maybe it's just that they don't get asked about it.

Mistake of more than an hour

When the Northwest Airlines pilots overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles, how many minutes did that take?

Flight 188 overflew Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport at 7:58 p.m. and landed at 9:05 p.m., according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune and St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Air traffic controllers last had radio contact with the plane about 7 p.m., when it was over Kansas, and re-established radio contact over Wisconsin at 8:14 p.m. The Star Tribune reports that the plane, which overshot the airport by 150 miles, turned around in Wisconsin at 8:19 p.m.

Where NFL fines go

The NFL issues thousands of dollars in fines to its players every week for various infractions. What happens to that money?

Player fines collected by the league are used in part to support the Players Assistance Trust, an organization that provides assistance to retired players who are in financial distress. They also go to charitable initiatives supporting youth and education programs and medical research.

Monopoly game scammers' fate

The Monopoly game is back at McDonald's. What happened to the man and his co-conspirators who were accused of embezzling winning Monopoly game pieces a few years ago?

Forty-seven people pleaded guilty, four were found guilty and one was acquitted, according to the Los Angeles Times. Sentences included prison time, probation and restitution.

Jerome Jacobson of Lawrenceville, Ga., was identified as the leader of the scam. He was the director of security for Simon Marketing, which was running the game. Also arrested were six Floridians.

An appeals court last year upheld 14 individuals' guilty pleas while an appellate court in 2004 overturned four convictions, citing that the indictment did not allege they knew the game pieces were stolen, according to the Associated Press.