The Circuit

One of the greatest working-vacation fests, Karlovy Vary, is bringing in more celebs. 

Danny Glover will get the fest's President's Award, Randy Quaid will intro a screening of Hal Ashby's great "The Last Detail," "Mamma Mia!" director Phyllida Lloyd will intro the film at the closing ceremony, and the hundreds of journalists that attend the spa-town will soak in the renown hot springs and vaguely remember that there's some sort of film festival going on nearby.

But some research into the healing effects of these "medicine waters" brings some disturbing items:

• Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba, lives in warm waters and soils worldwide. Several deaths have been attributed to this amoeba, which enters the brain through the nasal passages.  Preventative measures: Do not snort the water.

• These cute monkeys, called Macaques, spend hours in hot springs.  In the 1990's it was discovered that many Macaques are carriers of the herpes virus.  Preventative measures:  Refrain from monkey orgies.

• A bather may have been infected by the herpes simplex virus in his toe from a hot spring in Japan.  Preventative measures:  See above, and wear condoms on your toes.