Word: casted
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Particularly outstanding performances--in an excellent cast--are given by Lee and Danny Aiello, who plays Sal, the owner of the pizza shop. Both succeed in their very human and confused portrayals of characters torn in many directions...
...ambitious politician, a crisis can also be an opportunity. Cast in the sympathetic role of a reformer, Kemp could ride the current wave of unsolicited attention into a bright political future. Though he has appointed , a deputy to ride herd on the reform effort, it is Kemp who will be judged by the results. And an image of Mr. Clean -- or even better, Mr. Cleanup -- would look fine in 1996, if nimble Jack can pull...
Last week the Time Inc. Magazine Co. announced the launch of a new publication aimed at dispelling that confusion. Called ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, it will cast an informative cultural net over the most notable new offerings in the realms of movies, television, videocassettes, recorded music and books, all reviewed and rated (from A to F) by the magazine's own critics as well as by guest reviewers. The new publication will also include articles on entertainment and culture, but it will concentrate on the fundamentals rather than on personalities, thus avoiding conflicts with the company's highly successful PEOPLE magazine. ENTERTAINMENT...
...electoral districts while the P.R.D., alleging widespread irregularity, insisted that it had carried 15 districts. At a press conference on election day, Cardenas accused the P.R.I. of cheating by changing the location of the casillas (voting sites) at the last minute, allowing P.R.I. supporters to cast more than one ballot and barring P.R.D. officials from the casillas...
...risk in relying on an all-star cast is that it rarely melds into a stylistically consistent ensemble. Big-name actors tend to resist direction or, if willing to cooperate, prove unable: they lack stage training and technique for the classics or succumb to the heebie-jeebies of stage fright. Director Harold Guskin, a noted acting coach, has coaxed his players into charm and clarity in telling myriad tales of mistaken identity, most of which turn on the interchangeability of gender. Mastrantonio lacks the requisite androgyny but is otherwise faultless. Woodard, one of four black leads chosen in admirably color...