Word: connect
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...Pakula-Mulligan tandem's biggest hit was the 1967 Up the Down Staircase, based on the Bel Kaufman book about a New York City teacher's attempts to connect with her hard-hided students. The movie landed its leading lady, Sandy Dennis, on the covers of TIME and Newsweek the same week. After a Gregory Peck Western, The Stalking Moon, the producer-director team split. As it happened, Pakula became a director with a broader, deeper palette and somewhat greater success than his old partner (Klute, The Parallax View, All the President's Men, Sophie's Choice, Presumed Innocent...
...have to find all of the appropriate vessels and nerves and you must connect them all properly," explained Siemionow. "And much of it is done microsurgically...
...more chance: a 20-year rematch in Wilmington of his Ayatollah fight. Will he pass it up to save his life? (Not if there's gonna be an Act Three.) He also has a stab at mending the hearts of the women in his life. Will Randy manage to connect with his estranged daughter (Wood), who hasn't forgiven him for abandoning her? (That's Act Two, where the only innovation is that the girl's mother is never mentioned.) And will a local stripper, well played by Tomei, respond to his plaintive love and drive down to see what...
...trouper. The luxe, schmaltz-encrusted voice that seems constantly on the verge of either laughter or hysterical tears doesn't really seem to connect with the specific lyrics she's singing, but it's expressing something - if only her fierce love of performing and need for affirmation. The concert is a testament to the power of an indomitable star of diminishing powers who still has enough adrenaline, musical instincts and smart packaging to get up there and demand our love. Maybe she even deserves...
Zippy Rentals. Hertz is launching Connect by Hertz, the company's own version of the popular Zipcar rental service, on Dec. 16 in New York City, Paris and London. An annual membership starts at $50; per-hour rental fees start at $10. Book your car online, and pick up and return to designated hubs around the city. The fleet features "green" cars like the Mini Cooper and Toyota Prius and, if you have a big load to move, a Ford SUV hybrid. More cities are promised in early...