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...that audiences don't want them. My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the independent movie rejected by major distributors, is on its way to making $140 million, in part because the studios offered no other comedies for older females this past summer. Why not? Because Julia Roberts--who has pretty much cornered the summer romantic-comedy market with hits like Notting Hill and My Best Friend's Wedding--has been on a break from the genre. In general, studios have lost faith in mid-priced films, focusing instead on cheaper movies that turn quick profits (like last summer's Crocodile Hunter...
...most Christian place on earth, and the gray rock mass of Golgotha (or Calgary) inside, the most Christian place in the church. Traditions dating back to the 300s A.D. record that Jesus was crucified here. Just above the rock's Plexiglas-protected expanse is a chapel shared by the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. The Catholic side boasts three mosaics. In the center is Mary Magdalene; to the left is Christ, removed from the Cross; and to the right is none other than ... Abraham, about to slay Isaac. Notes Feiler: "The image of Jesus sprawled on the unction stone...
...delays in construction and planning. Heads rolled in Athens. Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, who had led the bid to secure the Games for the city, was brought back in May 2000 to head ATHOC, the Athens Organizing Committee. She got results. She reorganized ATHOC, forged close links with the Greek government and by weight of her formidable personality steamrolled the opposition and made contractors meet deadlines. In recent weeks, a stream of I.O.C. officials has visited Athens and issued complimentary statements. "A lot of progress has been made, and things are moving quickly," says Denis Oswald, chairman of the I.O.C. Coordinating...
...writer is professor of Latin and Greek and chair of the department of the Classics...
Signers of the petition include Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs John H. Coatsworth, Professor of Psychology Marc D. Hauser, Professor of Greek and Latin Richard F. Thomas, Associate Professor of Linguistics Bert Vaux and Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics John Womack...