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Author: By Keith D. Desrochers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Under The Siege | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

Stephen George Jr. moves through the hallways at Brookline High, near Boston, with the loping grace of a fine athlete. Girls smile at him and are rewarded with his big, Denzel Washington dazzler. Boys reach out to slap his palm. Stephen, 17, is irresistible. Kids are impressed that he's snagged one of the world's coolest after-school jobs: ball boy for the Boston Celtics. Teachers adore his diligence and willingness to stretch beyond what is required. And everyone is amazed that despite his achievements as a student (3.4 average), an athlete (baseball, track and golf), a musician (honors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Make A Better Student: Their Eight Secrets of Success | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

Once, in an attempt to educate myself, I sat through Cry Freedom, a Hollywood, overly glamorized, overly processed version of the Stephen Biko story starring Denzel Washington. For two hours I stared at the screen expecting some massive revelation about the South African political, social and economic climate. I was sorely disappointed...

Author: By Kamil E. Redmond, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Understanding Mandela | 9/18/1998 | See Source »

...keeping with realism in the movies, Snipes has taken to the big screen an idea he has expressed in real life. In a move that will probably ensure that he will never surpass Denzel's top spot in the hearts of black women across the country, Wesley Snipes aired what can only be described as generalized grievances he had about Black Women as a group. Though never specifically addressing them, he did his venting in a magazine that exclusively targets black women. Snipes says that he doesn't want to come home to a helpmate who would fight with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Memo to Movieland: `Marshals' Hard to Digest | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...breakthrough came as a Gulf War veteran turned heroin addict in the 1996 drama Courage Under Fire. In a move reminiscent of De Niro's weight gain for Raging Bull, Damon dropped 40 lbs. for a two-day scene opposite Denzel Washington. It created an anorexia-like medical condition (from which he only recently recovered), but the intensity of his performance convinced the industry that Damon was a serious actor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: MATT DAMON: REIGN MAN | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

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