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By all logic, Helen Hunt--even the name is defiantly sensible--should not be a major multimedia star of the '90s. No one should be, for television and film have become only distantly related media. TV appeals to the broad middle-aged, movies to the young and younger. The living...
Every so often, a writer catches lightning in a bottle. Williamson's magic moment came last December, when millions of shrieking teens watched Drew Barrymore try to guess the original killer in Friday the 13th and, ahem, choose incorrectly. Cannily crammed with the likes of Neve, Courteney and Skeet (if...
Comic books don't usually get a lot of attention from the mainstream media. But when Oliver Stone, high-grossing film-maker and conspiracy theorist extraordinary, decides to option the movie rights to a moderately popular black-and-white independent comic book, all eyes are suddenly drawn in its direction...
When Knight returned to his firm, the Gore connection paid off. His portfolio of clients bulged with companies wanting a leg up with Gore or his allies. Telecommunication firms lined up to see Hundt; environmental companies came with pleadings for Browner and Grumbly. In short order, Knight was the top...
A lost opportunity. But on the cultural radar, presidential recognition barely registers next to playing a pivotal role in a popcorn movie. In last year's Independence Day, the seventh highest grossing film of all time, Bill Pullman's President Whitmore also assures an audience the government has nothing up...