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...suspect in the whodunit plot at a Hasselfree murder mystery (5) or stand to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at Prom Queens Unchained (6). For warm- weather theatergoers in search of an easy evening out, the shows provide organized fun with a hip parodic wink -- a blend of summer camp and . . . summer camp...
...crowning moment at last week's Moscow meeting was the ceremonial toast between George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. The chosen potable: Summit Cuvee, a California sparkling wine made especially for the occasion. The bubbly blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir was made by the Iron Horse Vineyards in Sonoma County, Calif., just west of -- you guessed it -- the Russian River. Gary Walters, chief usher at the White House, serving as First Wine Taster, made the selection. "The Soviets enjoy a little more sugar in their sparkling wines," says Walters. So the White House asked the winery to sweeten three cases...
That attitude, which has come to dominate federal policy, indicates that the real dispute in America is not so much about abortion or contraception as it is about sex and values. American culture is a strange blend of prurience and prudery that tends to lead to the worst of both worlds: movies and magazines that exploit sex and teach kids that it's glamorous and free of consequences, combined with a skittish denial of the facts of life that makes it hard to teach those kids how not to get pregnant...
...does not prettify the rigors of cancer treatment, and it does not pump out a cloud of cheap sentiment when things start to go bad for the patient. But if anything redeems Dying Young, it is the playing. Roberts has a bead on the twentysomething spirit -- its curious blend of certainty and confusion -- and Scott catches the inwardness and detachment of a figure astonished to find himself exploring the near side of the far side prematurely. The cool tact of his performance is all the more effective for its understatement and -- just what this picture needs -- its total lack...
Wong says she's been influenced by a blend of cultures. Born in Queens, she grew up in Winston-Salem, NC, as one of the few Asian-Americans in a large public high school. Harvard was an exciting new world, she says...