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...lovely independent drama that's way too unassuming to warrant a backlash - though it is a major breakthrough for Linney, 36, whose Best Actress award from the New York Film Critics Circle and Golden Globe nomination have propelled her into this year's Oscar race. Is Linney seeing gold? She stammers, "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't aware of it. People are excited for me and the prospect that I might be... oh, it's so awkward I can't spit...
...shutdown, a stock market crash, a Blade Runner world. But the lights never went out, and the sun came up in the morning. Then John McCain was going to win the nomination, the Red Sox were going to win the World Series, Marion Jones was going to win five gold medals and Tommy Lee was going to win Pamela Anderson's heart back. No, no, no and no. Even when it seemed like something happened this year, it didn't. Elian looked at Disney World and went back home. We kept our Miranda rights. Those missing top-secret computer hard...
...heroics Pete could not seize the spotlight from the dynamic, effervescent Venus Williams of Compton, Calif., who became the first black player to win the All England title since Arthur Ashe did it in 1975. She then added the U.S. Open crown and a couple of Olympic gold medals to complete a career year...
...doubles crown, but it meant brutal pressure for a woman named Cathy Freeman, who opened the Games by ceremonially lighting the cauldron and then, with the weight of her country upon her, came through sensationally in her footrace to become the first Aboriginal Australian ever to win an individual gold medal...
Marion Jones left Sydney with three gold medals (for the 100-m sprint, the 200 m and the 4 x 400-m relay), two bronzes (for the long jump and the 4 x 100-m relay) and a massive headache, having faced a storm of questions about her husband, injured shot-putter C.J. Hunter, whose positive tests for steroid use were revealed during the Games. Of Jones' ups and downs, the one to remember was the first. In the 100 m she blazed to a time of 10.75 secs. and the largest margin of victory in that race since...