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...Mitchell brothers did a remarkable thing: they mainstreamed skin flicks with Behind the Green Door. The brothers Emilio Estevez (who directs here) and Charlie Sheen have done a remarkable thing too: they've rendered sex and drugs drop-dead boring. This interminable biopic follows the smuteurs through a rote spiral of success, addiction and doom, with porn-quality dialogue and laughably trippy camera work. We've seen all that before, and it's a good thing. If we had seen this first, it might have ruined porn for us forever...
CHARLIE SHEEN and EMILIO ESTEVEZ's portrayal of garbagemen in the 1990 film Men at Work didn't exactly resonate with audiences. Their latest joint venture, however, should spark more wicked curiosity. The siblings play brothers and porn pioneers Artie and Jim Mitchell for the Showtime film Rated X. Directed by Estevez, the film chronicles the careers of the pair credited with mainstreaming porn with the 1972 film Behind the Green Door. Asked how his brother felt playing a drug- and alcohol-abusing pornography hound, Estevez says, "Charlie had to go down some dark roads. I realized it could...
...some icing by establishing a charitable trust with connections to the Vatican--the ultimate cover. Through a prominent New York City attorney, Thomas Bolan, Frankel met with Father Peter Jacobs, a gadabout clergyman who has ties to New York luminaries, including Walter Cronkite. Jacobs introduced Frankel to Monsignor Emilio Colagiovanni, a Vatican official. Frankel claimed that his St. Francis of Assisi Foundation would distribute more than $2 billion to Catholic charities. He took to obsessively studying the lives of the saints, almost as avidly as he consulted astrological charts. He got the monsignor's blessing...
While Gloria went on to sell 70 million albums worldwide, Emilio began exploring songwriting and producing. In 1995 he formed the Crescent Moon label and started signing acts such as Cuban bassist Cachao, known as the Father of Mambo, whom major labels had ignored. A string of Grammy nominations eventually followed; so did non-Latino artists like Madonna and Will Smith, seeking to add some tropical flavor to their songs. "Emilio's ears and vision are absolutely incredible," says Tommy Mottola, CEO of Sony Music, which distributes the Crescent Moon label. "He's in front of the curve...
...world's richest entertainers--live in an opulent oceanfront mansion where Picassos hang next to paintings by Cuban artists. But Estefan isn't slowing down. His latest venture is a deal with Studio U.S.A. to produce sitcoms and made-for-TV movies. Says Studio U.S.A. president Ken Solomon: "Emilio is really one of the leaders in the world in bringing Latin performers to the mainstream...