Word: brolin
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...That is, he is either too great or too pitiable to be treated for what he is, a figure of history who belongs to all of us. Surely the spirit of a man who survived a shooting and stared down the Russkies can endure being portrayed by James Brolin...
...talking, of course, about President Josiah Bartlet, whose show, The West Wing, down in the ratings this season, probably seemed like a better candidate for cloning when Mister Sterling was conceived. Sterling (NBC, Fridays, 8 p.m. E.T.), from ex--West Wing producer Lawrence O'Donnell, stars Josh Brolin as a political naif appointed to fill a vacant Senate seat. Populated with more straw men than an Iowa cornfield--sleazy lobbyists, nosy reporters, cynical legislators--Sterling plays safely down the political middle, making its stiff title character an independent. Like a timid primary hopeful, it has few convictions beyond pandering...
...firsthand knowledge of complicated women. Her grandmother was a Pentecostal preacher; her mother is a former Playboy Bunny. Lane herself is a single mom. (She and her ex-husband, actor Christopher Lambert, have an 8-year-old daughter.) She has absolutely no comment on her current boyfriend, actor Josh Brolin: "Who cares who I'm dating? I'm not Madonna." She says nothing about him but blushes at the mention of his name. "Doesn't that say it all?" she asks. It also says that at the moment, there's nothing at all wrong with Diane Lane's life...
...laughter we will remember. JOSH BROLIN, crinkle-eyed son of actor James Brolin, and MINNIE DRIVER, Good Will Hunting's boisterous Brit, have split. After six months' betrothal, plans for nuptials at the Malibu home of Josh's father and stepmother Barbra--that would be Barbra Streisand--were shelved. The prospective mother-in-law, reports say, had written a song for the couple and was pushing favorite designer Donna Karan for Driver's dress (friends reportedly said that Driver preferred Vera Wang), along with a pricey celeb-studded bash, while Driver wanted something small. Smiles were left behind. Driver...
...humming The Way We Were. She duetted with a videotaped Frank Sinatra on I've Got a Crush on You, bantered (albeit with aid from a TelePrompTer) with Shirley MacLaine about the Y2K virus, and dedicated a love song to husband James ("Double A-beep-beep-M-C-O") Brolin. In an emotional high point, Streisand related that someone recently sent her a love letter written by her father, whom she never knew, when he was a young man. And yes, that woman, Esther Grodin, 92, is here tonight! And yes, Streisand launched into Papa, Can You Hear...