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...published (by Random House) memoir, "Still Me," which recounts how he battled back from the May 1995 riding accident that severed his spinal cord. Reeve, 45, writes of how he, too, almost gave up hope, telling his wife, Dana, "Maybe we should let me go." She persuaded the "Superman" actor to go on by responding: "I want you to know that I'll be with you for the long haul, no matter what. You're still you. And I love you." The book chronicles the rehabilitation of the actor, who remains paralyzed from the shoulders down and is largely dependent...
Fortunately for Downey, his talent is so highly prized that people are eager to work with him despite the risks. Actor-director Tim Robbins approached him for a role in his next project, The Cradle Will Rock, but the New York shoot conflicted with Downey's probation restrictions. Oliver Stone, Barry Levinson and Dustin Hoffman have all shown interest in future collaborations. "It's not just because he has great talent, which is undeniable," says Jodie Foster, who directed Downey in Home for the Holidays. "People who know him really feel for him." Others express similar support...
Fair enough. Anybody who follows the news knows all about the actor's longtime battle with drugs and his myriad legal wrangles. The son of heralded underground director Robert Downey (Putney Swope), he got small movie roles until a season-long stint on Saturday Night Live served as a springboard into "brat-pack" films in the mid-'80s. The brilliance he displayed in such roles as the druggy Gen-Xer in 1987's Less Than Zero and later in his portrayal of Charlie Chaplin deepened the tragedy as he began spiraling down into a cycle of drug arrests, jail sentences...
...tough question is, Will he stay out of trouble this time? Friends and colleagues are hopeful but uncertain. "Robert is very ambitious," says director James Toback, who cast Downey in his first starring role in The Pick-Up Artist and wrote Two Girls and a Guy for the actor after seeing him handcuffed on TV at the time of an earlier arrest. "He has a ravenous appetite for money, fame and to do great work. Paradoxically, he's oblivious to making a constructive path to reach that goal. People with one-tenth his talent are more practical in achieving...
URICH: FOR HIRE His is the face that has launched 13 series. And now, actor Robert Urich has once again found gainful employment, starring as Captain Jim Kennedy III un UPN's Love Boat: The Next Wave. Herewith a compendium of the sturdy actor's small-screen shows...