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...Elian: Hervey Villechez (Tattoo) Juan Miguel Gonzalez (Father): Mr. "T" Lazaro Gonzalez (Great-Uncle): Gonzo (the Muppet) Marisleysis Gonzalez (Second Cousin): Phyllis Diller Armando Gutierrez (Family Spokesman): Peter Lorri Greg Craig (Father's Lawyer): Sting Janet Reno: B.B. King Fidel Castro: John Lovitz Donato Dalrymple: Robert Anton Wilson Diane Sawyer: Louis Black Bill Clinton: Gary Oldman Al Gore: Walter Mondale...
...Julia Roberts wins an Oscar for Best Actress. But studio chief Ron Meyer will doubtless be sent packing by Vivendi, which reportedly plans to replace him with Pierre Lescure, chairman and CEO of Canal Plus. Messier must also decide what to do with Seagram's 45% stake in Barry Diller's USA Network, which has cable channels and film- and TV-production facilities. Diller has feuded with Bronfman since the Seagram heir scotched Diller...
...issue an apology days later. "I am told there will be people that will not contribute to 'my kids' because of my indiscretion and to them I say, 'my kids' are innocent... Please accept my humble apology..." And what an apology it was. After praising the "marvelous Phyllis Diller" and the "unpredictable Martha Raye," he rather confusedly added, "When women, doing comedy, do routines written for them by drill sergeants, I take objection. Their filth makes me and many ashamed to be in our business, and to me, women doing anything, especially comedy, are looked upon...
...Brasserie in the basement of the Seagram building--a modernist icon--they had to contend with a real client. "We were interested in the social aspects of dining--the restaurant culture," says Diller. The restaurateur was more interested in how many tables would fit. But they seemed to find a meeting place. The restaurant--with videos above the bar broadcasting the entrance of patrons, and liquor bottles suspended behind frosted glass like fruit in Jell-O--is generating buzz. So while the duo, who have done scant building before, aren't seeking more interiors work, it's clear they will...
Would-be clients will have to compete with a cloud. Diller and Scofidio's next project is a space for Swiss Expo 2002 that will sit high above a lake in Yverdon-les-Bains, shrouded in mist created by 15,000 high-pressure water nozzles...