Word: columbus
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DIRECTOR: CHRIS COLUMBUS...
...precisely follows the formula that made its predecessor the biggest grossing comedy in human history. But no, it is not a drag, and it is not a rip-off. Look on it as a twice-told fairy tale. And look on its tellers, writer John Hughes and director Chris Columbus, as craftsmen who have taken the responsibilities of success seriously. They have acted not as caretakers of valuable property but as trustees of something millions regard as a kind of national treasure, pop-culture division...
...with cancer and last year an auto accident that grievously injured his 9-year-old daughter. The private side has won out, as Tartikoff relinquished his Paramount post last week to spend more time with his recuperating child. His 15-month reign included the rough seas of the plodding Columbus epic 1492: Conquest of Paradise and the register-ringing teen-twitter Wayne's World...
...using new strategies to recover some of the land, resources and sovereignty they lost in the past 500 years. They have negotiated, sued, launched international campaigns, occupied land and, in a few cases, taken up arms to press their cause, marking in their own way the quincentennial of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World -- an event Native Americans rank as the greatest single disaster in their history...
EQUAAL has held tables on the ethnic aspects of celebrating Columbus Day inthe U.S. and on gender issues involved inTuesday's presidential election. At the end ofNovember, the group will organize an outing to seeVisiting Lecturer Spike Lee's movie "Malcolm X,"to be followed by a roundtable discussion...