Word: franks
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Allegation 3: that in 1938 Frank was once arrested in Hackensack, N.J., for seduction, a charge later reduced to adultery. (Though these acts are no longer considered crimes in the U.S., you can be impeached for them.) As to whether he really committed such despicable offenses, just ask yourself: Does this really sound like Frank...
Allegation 4: that Frank offered to "snitch on lefties for the FBI," as an unsavory tabloid put it. Again, the baselessness of this charge can be quickly deduced from its failure to jibe with what we know of Francis Albert's character. Leaving aside for the moment the question of how the Rat Pack may have gotten its name, consider: If Frank Sinatra had been angry at communists, would he have sneakily tattled on them? Of course not. He and his pal Jilly Rizzo would have headed for the nearest saloon where the dirty reds hang out, picked...
Allegation 5: that to dodge the alleged draft, Frank told his draft board he was terrified of crowds and got really nervous around elevators, and was subsequently labeled psychoneurotic (a lay term for what psychiatrists call "cuckoo-nutso"). O.K., this one is completely true. And if you don't believe me, just ask any of his ex-wives...
What then do we conclude about Francis Albert? Two things. One, that he sinned frankly and naturally, which is why he was called Frank Sinatra. Two, our dead celebrities are too valuable a resource to be squandered. As currently constituted, the FBI is not up to the job. Louis Freeh must be replaced immediately--by Matt Drudge...
...getting the job done. Nearly every Hanks director describes him as a maddening perfectionist who is somehow so sincere that he doesn't piss anybody off. More important, he gives directors his fierce dedication to submerging himself in the role. "He's so versatile and has such range," says Frank Darabont, writer-director of Hanks' next film, The Green Mile, "that you don't have to take the character to him. He brings the character to the screen." Hanks also knows how to lighten things up on the set. For the kissing scene in You've Got Mail, recalls Ryan...