Word: gere
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Maggie (Julia Roberts) runs a small-town hardware store. But she's more famous for leaving her bridegrooms at the altar. Ike (Richard Gere) is a newspaper columnist who writes a piece exaggerating her escapist exploits in terms sexist enough to get him fired. Are these people meant for each other or what...
Among the tents and chain-link fences of the Stenkovec camp for Kosovar refugees a few weeks ago, Richard Gere wasn't too hard to spot. "Who is this coming?" asked refugee Hatixhe Ajeti when she saw him. "Oh, a famous actor. Too bad. What I need is a doctor...
...Along with Gere, who caught some flak for touring the Stenkovec camp in a chauffeured Audi, the Tinseltown-to-tent-city floodgates have clearly been opened: Vanessa Redgrave, Bianca Jagger, Roger Moore and former J. D. Salinger squeeze Joyce Maynard have all been there. Gwyneth Paltrow is mulling a visit, as are Christie Brinkley and hubby Peter Cook. From the Beltway, Hillary Clinton and Liddy Dole have pressed the flesh. And no less an assemblage than Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Boyz II Men and Luciano Pavarotti is signed to do a benefit for the Kosovar kids in Munich...
...many U.N. types, the glitterati are an unwelcome distraction. "Celebrities draw a lot of attention, but we are trying to do this without the flashing lights," Macedonian UNICEF representative Eddie McLoughney told the Ottawa Times. "We learned a lot from Gere's visit. The problem is the focus can end up on the celebrities and the stir they cause rather than the plight of the children." Certainly, for harried aid workers spending their days trying to keep the teeming camps organized, peaceful and above all sanitary, the pint-sized stampedes set off by goodwill ambassador Moore's cratefuls of Teletubbies...
...arama in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, upcoming films cover a range of genres. Austin Powers is more shagadelic than ever. Adam Sandler plays--surprise!--another doof. Julia Roberts fans will want to catch her first in Notting Hill opposite Hugh Grant, then in Runaway Bride with Richard Gere in--surprise!--a romance that has nothing to do with millionaires or prostitutes. It gets better. Will Smith kicks off July Fourth weekend with the wacky Wild Wild West. Need a new superhero? Try Mystery Men, with Ben Stiller and Geoffrey Rush as defunct superheroes. Need a testosterone boost? Check...