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...instant reactions. Less fancifully, she's Rachel Marron (Whitney Houston, playing what she is, a pop diva crossing over to the movies, though it's unlikely that she will be up for an Oscar the first time out, as is the fictional Rachel). He's Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner), reluctantly signed on to provide security for her after death threats have been received...
...Houston and the ever tactful Costner generate much sexual heat. But the shy, tentative quality of their relationship is appealing, and the sense she projects of a woman befuddled by sudden stardom has authentic sweetness. You can't say Houston storms the screen, but she is winsome and vulnerable -- a lady taking a first step on what may turn out to be a well-paced long...
...Chili Peppers, Morris instantly juices up its soft film and music divisions, raises its celebrity quotient and re-establishes its place on the top tier of Tinseltown's talent brokers, along with International Creative Management (which represents Eddie Murphy) and Creative Artists Agency (Kevin Costner, Tom Cruise). In the recession-stalked entertainment business, the deal not only made sense but dollars too. Says Triad partner Peter Grosslight: "In this competitive environment, it's the larger agencies that are going to do the best...
...officials will go further. They will follow the advice given Kevin Costner in the hit movie Field of Dreams: "If you build it, they will come." St. Petersburg built a field on nothing but dreams -- and $138 million, mostly from revenue bonds the voters never got to vote on. Next year, if the baseball owners approve, the San Francisco Giants will be the St. Petersburg Giants...
...Stars on the screen put fannies in the seats. Sure, but what's a star? * Mel Gibson? In Lethal Weapon movies, but not in Hamlet. Steve Martin? In Father of the Bride, but not in L.A. Story. Over the past three years, only three actors -- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Costner and Sean Connery -- have starred in two $100 million-plus pictures. Just one performer has starred in three. But Julia Roberts is taking the year...