Word: ellen
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...Harry locked his mother in the closet." The first line of Hubert Selby Jr.'s novel, vigorously transposed to film by the venturesome director of [Pi], gets to the essence of two warring addicts: mother Sara (Ellen Burstyn), the Blanche DuBois of Brighton Beach, and her son (Jared Leto). Mom swears by amphetamines and TV hucksters; Harry loves heroin and his desperate girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly). Using the bravery of his actors, and every trick in a smart cineast's book, Aronofsky takes the viewer on a jolting trip through the theme park called Hell. It's a demanding film...
...month after the much chronicled breakup of Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche, Hollywood's other high-profile lesbian couple announced they too are moving to Splitsville. Director JULIE CYPHER and singer MELISSA ETHERIDGE, whose family pictures made the cover of Rolling Stone in January, when they revealed rocker David Crosby had fathered their two children, are ending the 12-year relationship amicably. The pair, seen dancing together last week at a White House dinner, have purchased adjacent homes in L.A., where they will share custody of their kids. The tabloids are speculating on whether or not Cypher and Heche, both...
...three-year study completed by Harvard Project Zero researchers Ellen Winner '69 and Lois A. Hetland, was a synthesis of various individual studies on arts education conducted over the past 50 years...
...Ellen Galinsky, director of the Families and Work Institute in New York City, notes that "sometimes parents are so busy, it's easier to do something yourself than get a kid to do it." While this is understandable in the short term, Galinsky's research into teen attitudes toward work shows that kids who learn to do chores at home develop a strong work ethic for life. To get a kid to do a job he doesn't want to do, parents might be tempted to bribe him, but that can backfire. If your son can negotiate a price with...
...thousand-day romance that snagged headlines and tugged at countless hearts. But last week the romance was over. In a joint statement to the New York Daily News, ELLEN DEGENERES, 43, and ANNE HECHE, 31, said, "Unfortunately, we have decided to end our relationship. It is an amicable parting, and we greatly value the 3 1/2 years we have spent together. We hope everyone will respect our privacy through this difficult time." The paper cited an unnamed friend who described the relationship as having run its course. The couple met amid the swirl of controversy surrounding DeGeneres' coming...