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Astrologer Gillian Helfgott should thank her lucky stars. Her husband, the mentally skewed Australian pianist David Helfgott, whose story is told in the affecting movie Shine, has sold out his 11-city North American tour; Shine has received seven Oscar nominations; chaotic though it is, Helfgott's recording of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto (the "Rach 3" of the movie) is a hot seller, and Love You to Bits and Pieces, Gillian's fuzzy-warm book about how she rescued this lost soul and lofted him to stardom, has 185,000 copies in print. "It's almost...
...next day, the Boston Globe's Richard Dyer wrote, "The sad fact is that David Helfgott should not have been in Symphony Hall last night, and neither should the rest of us." Shine director Scott Hicks disagrees, blaming "the guardians of the elite" for demanding too much of Helfgott. Gillian Helfgott's view is much the same. "I think there are probably people who are coming to see a man who has fought his way through the wilderness," she told a Boston press conference, from which her husband was notably absent. "But if they come for that reason, I think...
...Billy Bob...]...was in Dead Man, with Gabriel Byrne Gabriel Byrne was in Little Women, directed by Gillian Armstrong Gillian Armstrong directed Starstruck, with Geoffrey Rush...
Most brand-name CDs have been uneven compilations of previously released songs by big-name stars (Michael Bolton for Victoria's Secret) or up-and-comers (folk singer Gillian Welch for Starbucks), selected because their style fits the image the company is trying to project. The CDs can be big business, luring customers who shun record stores. Some of Victoria's Secret's titles have sold 1 million copies...
Hollywood, of course, just laps her up. Her mix of fragility and spine is perfect for that movie staple, the wise child. She has already made five feature films and won a Golden Globe for her television work. Currently she can be seen in the film To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, in which she outshines far more experienced actors, including Michelle Pfeiffer. Next year she'll be working with Oliver Stone and Francis Ford Coppola. In fact, Danes is so hot she has a promotional deal with Prada's Miu Miu line, which ensures that she has as many...