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...these long-distance runners. For the most part, they will be cocooned by an entourage of 12 vehicles staffed by 75 people handling security, emergency medical services and traffic control. And what if the flame goes out (as it did in the hands of Robert Zemeckis, director of Forrest Gump)? Well, the torch is just a torch; the mother flame from Greece travels close behind in a well-protected lantern, ready to relight snuffed standards whenever necessary. Should you want to keep your commemorative torch, you need...
MARRIED. SEAN PENN, 35, star of Dead Man Walking, to ROBIN WRIGHT, 29, of Forrest Gump; in a ceremony attended by the couple's two small children; in Santa Monica, California...
...networks were chary. This was not a child prodigy playing the violin at Carnegie Hall but a first-grader flying across the country. There was something queasy about the whole thing, a little girl going too far in pretending to be an adult. On Good Morning America, Forrest Sawyer asked Lloyd Dubroff, "[The flight] does raise the question...I mean, when we hear this, we're kind of shocked. Is it illegal or dangerous or anything like that...
...best-female actor nominations, "Casino" and "Bridges of Madison County" were ignored). All five director and all ten supporting-actor/female actor candidates are first-time nominees. In recent years, the Academy Awards have been dominated by a single film, but not this year. No "Schindler's List," no "Forrest Gump," no front-runners. This year, it's a free-for-all, and it's anyone's guess who will win. So, the following is an attempt to sort out the favorites and sum up what could help and what could hurt in the race for the Oscars...
...names were not included in the list of nominations: Tom Hanks and John Travolta. Early on, many people seemed to be expecting a repeat of the "Forrest Gump" - "Pulp Fiction" race of last year. But, I have to say, I'm happy that neither one was nominated. Hanks gave a stolid performance, unexciting and annoyingly self-righteous, as usual. Travolta was amusing in "Get Shorty" but his role gave him nothing to do; he was much better in "Pulp Fiction." An actor, however, who really should have been nominated is Jonathan Pryce, for his stellar performance as the eccentric Lytton...