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...people in the motion picture industry have the gall to underestimate Steven Spielberg. But the idea of opening a violent and depressing film about World War II in the middle of the summer--a time usually reserved for action movies, comedies, action comedies and sequels--must have sounded rather brazen to colleagues and competitors alike. Yet by Labor Day weekend Saving Private Ryan's box office receipts totaled $166.6 million, making it the second-highest grossing film of the summer. Spielberg's war has both won over the critics (Joel Siegel gushes that he "can't wait...
...Muslims. But even there, the number of possible suspects is sizable. Iran, Iraq and Libya all have means and motives to hit the U.S. in Africa, but officials say Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi would have little to gain and much to lose if caught in such a brazen act of aggression. Investigators will also look toward renegade extremists within the Iranian government who seek to disrupt the inching rapprochement between the West and moderate President Mohammed Khatami. Sudan, one of the main havens for terrorists today, could have provided the bombers with training, money, explosives, phony documents, safe passage...
Franklin is not simply the Queen of Soul; she holds royalty status in the fields of gospel, blues, rock and pop as well. She is a sharp, rhythmically fierce pianist. And though she wrote a number of her hits, including the sexually brazen Dr. Feelgood, she also displayed brilliance in making other people's compositions her own, such as Curtis Mayfield's pop gem Something He Can Feel. Or listen to her 1971 gospel-charged take on the Simon and Garfunkel classic Bridge over Troubled Water. That water's a good deal more troubled when Franklin sings the song; even...
...attempt to outdo the Jurassic Park raptors; even a wink at the Coneheads ("Where'd you find that guy?" "He's from France"). Critical reaction at early screenings has been mixed. But for a surefire blockbuster like this, reviewers be damned! The film even taunts the critics with a brazen in-joke: the mayor of New York City is a hothead named Ebert, whose campaign symbol is a big thumbs...
Amos, 34, has always been tough to figure. In 1992, when she entered the national music scene, her intensely personal style of piano rock was derided in some alternative-rock circles as precious. Today her brazen sexual persona seems a bit oversize to fit in with the Lilith Fair set ("I like a little testosterone," she says, explaining why she won't play the all-female Lilith scene). Still, she's found her own platinum niche. Her debut album, Little Earthquakes (1992), which features songs about sexual awakening, sold more than a million copies; her last, Boys for Pele...