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...ETRUSCANS PRIZED IT AS HIGHly as gold. The Greeks mythologized it as the tears of Apollo's daughters, solidified when they cried for their dead brother Phaeton. The Romans considered a single piece worth more than a slave. Cultures stretching from Central America to the Far East, from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia, have used it both as a powerful medicine and as a medium for exquisite jewelry and works of fine...
...APOLLO 13 Director Ron Howard and protean star Tom Hanks celebrate the virtues of community--ingenuity, patience, humor--with such fidelity and drama that the ill-fated 1970 moon shot becomes a triumph for Hollywood on its best behavior...
...Golden Globes Awards program is a more popular event with people in Hollywood than the Academy Awards. "They try to get the most famous names to come to the show," says Corliss. "And they usually do." In addition to "Sense and Sensibility," other nominees for best dramatic picture include: "Apollo 13," "Braveheart," "The Bridges of Madison County," and "Leaving Las Vegas." In the category of best musical or comic motion picture, nominees are: "The American President," "Babe," "Get Shorty," "Sabrina," and "Toy Story." The 53rd annual awards show will be broadcast by NBC on January...
...Golden Globes Awards program is a more popular event with people in Hollywood than the Academy Awards. "They try to get the most famous names to come to the show," says Corliss. "And they usually do." In addition to "Sense and Sensibility," other nominees for best dramatic picture include: "Apollo 13," "Braveheart," "The Bridges of Madison County," and "Leaving Las Vegas." In the category of best musical or comic motion picture, nominees are: "The American President," "Babe," "Get Shorty," "Sabrina," and "Toy Story." The 53rd annual awards show will be broadcast by NBC on January...
Courtroom as religious rite: Apollo--the law--sifts through the disorders of Dionysus--human nature in the wild, where Medea's children and Orestes' mother and Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman all are murdered. To re-establish order, the rational takes the irrational to court. Sometimes the result is itself irrational, but in the drama, you may see for a moment into the society's heart...