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...alcoholic - both of which were widely chronicled in the media and in a song by Johnny Cash. This past fall, the complete story of Hayes's life was laid bare in Clint Eastwood's epic film Flags of Our Fathers, coming out on DVD. Cast as Hayes was Adam Beach, whose stirring portrayal of a man confronting his psychological demons, earned him praise from critics around the world. This isn't the first time that Beach, 34, has drawn attention for a strong performance. The actor, a Salteaux Indian from Manitoba, has more than two dozen films to his credit...
...Beach: When it comes to war, there's always a propaganda effort to influence everybody so that they say, "Yay! It's good." Eastwood's interpretation was, I think, to get a stronger perspective on the battle of Iwo Jima. It was one of the bloodiest and most important battles of the war. A lot of people - especially our younger generation - are forgetting the veterans who fought in that era. The soldiers going into that battle knew that they were in trouble, but it didn't stop them. They had a job to do. We have to respect them...
DONALD M. SEIB Cocoa Beach...
...University, growing up in Wyoming, getting tattoos, marrying an Italian model and never eating during camping trips until he catches a fish will do that to a guy. So when I found out that the Fast Eddies we downed in the members-only club he co-owns in Manhattan Beach, Calif., also did him some damage, it was reassuring. But then I realized that the shared hangover is a performance device. It's a weakness that Fox lets his audiences see, like his characters' crying bouts or the fact that his voice is a little small for his body. These...
Hospitality in hand, Bulgaria is the next little thing on the international travel scene. The Balkan nation joined the European Union on Jan. 1, with blue flags waving in the streets on New Year's Eve, yet only in recent years have tourists ventured much beyond Black Sea beach towns and into the Ohio-size expanse of rose farms, medieval monasteries and Roman ruins. Visitors, especially Western Europeans, are flocking to ski resorts in the Rila and Pirin mountains and have even sparked a property boom in Bansko, where investors are scooping up cheap vacation homes. Meanwhile, low-cost labor...