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...role of a spoiled, dashing, rich heir to a plastics corporation. His brother (Humphrey Bogart) is the more interesting sibling, combining a clever wit held back only by a self-punishing impulse to work hard and keep long hours as the chairman of the company. Enter Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn), daughter of Fairchild, the family chauffeur. Sho captures the hearts of both brothers and provides a strong temptation for the blue-suited Bogart...
...they suddenly raised Silence of the Lambs to the level of a Best Picture, in the sweet company of other Best Pictures with less sordid subjects. The Academy also awarded Indian filmmaker Satyavit Ray with an honorary Oscar, showing their somewhat broader vision (although in presenting the award, Audrey Hepburn tagged India with that ancient stereotype "mysterious"). It was a year for fiction, but for outrageous and shocking fiction. It wasn't a year for the sweet and docile fiction of Fried Green Tomatoes. Of course, the Academy may flip-flop next year and nominate a remake of the Sound...
...embarrassing part. Then she went back out again, her radiant smile lighting up the arena. Among the Americans, the national champ is Kristi Yamaguchi, 21, a 5-ft. sprite from Fremont, Calif., known for her precise, delicate artistry. Runner-up is Nancy Kerrigan, 22, of Stoneham, Mass., a Kate Hepburn-style beauty whose elegance carries over into her performing style. Third -- but national champion in 1991 -- is Tonya Harding, 22, of Portland, Ore., a bold, natural athlete who pays little attention to nuance, less to music. Tonya gets out there and jumps...
...people could say of Ephron now, at age 50, what Katharine Hepburn once said of her feminist mother -- that she managed to have it all, career, husband, family and fame. One of the themes of Heartburn the novel, Ephron's best work so far, is that no one can have it all, that life unravels faster than you can weave it back together -- another lesson she learned from her haunted mother. But if, when her movie is released, the critics attack it, that will no doubt be used in future projects to control her life at that stage...
Paglia's ideal women are independent, like Amelia Earhart or Katharine Hepburn. She became obsessed with Earhart as a teenager and even wrote a book- length manuscript about her. Little Camille's enthusiasms were something her Italian immigrant parents fostered. Her father, a French professor at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, taught her to pursue goals aggressively. Today the daughter says ruefully, "He created a monster he couldn't control...