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...perhaps shining rhetoric will lead the way. "It is my hope that we can all see our state's diversity as a cause for celebration and not consternation," said Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante (D), California's highest-ranking Latino official, of his state's demographic milestone. "If there's no majorities, then there's no minorities. Maybe now we'll all be able to call each other Californians...
...Bush: Austin, Tex. Cheney: Bakersfield and Santa Barbara, Calif. Gore and Lieberman: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Nader: Santa Barbara, Salinas, Santa Cruz, Calif...
...love inspired his courage. His courage became the destiny of a nation. Or something like that. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, starring NICOLAS CAGE and PENELOPE CRUZ, is the first film from director John Madden since Shakespeare in Love, and it's another epic historical romance sure to waken Academy types when it hits theaters next year. "It's a very unusual piece," says Madden, on location in Greece. "It's about the Italian occupation of a Greek island during World War II, and how basically the Italians and Greeks are very similar people." Cage, an American, is the mandolin-playing...
...party Sunday evening on the Warner Bros. lot where the president - the TV one, Martin Sheen, that is - held court with the rest of his staff. Not to be outdone by California's Gov. Gray Davis who threw a party for 15,000 on the Paramount lot, Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante hosted a wild night of salsa and singing Tuesday that had the crowd on its feet, hip-swivelling to Enrique Iglesias, Los Lobos and La India or pounding out their appreciation for farmworker organizer Cesar Chavez and his family...
...There we learn that Cruz's choices are somewhat humble measured against the norm. Just two weeks, ago, for example, murderer Juan Soria wanted "chicken, three pieces of fish, burgers, pizza, fruit (grapes, plums, peaches, apples, tangerines), doughnuts, walnuts, chocolate candy bar, plain potato chips, picante sauce, hot sauce, salad with ranch dressing, Coke and Sprite" before going to meet his maker. A month earlier, Jessy San Miguel, who had killed four people execution-style while robbing a Taco Bell, had asked for "Pizza (beef, bacon bits, and multiple types of cheese), 10 quesadillas (5 mozzarella cheese, 5 cheddar cheese...