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...Hanks is a hero even when he does bad things. In the perky new comedy You've Got Mail, Hanks runs a giant chain that threatens to ruin a children's bookstore run by Meg Ryan; he is Big Business engulfing and devouring the sweet spirit of independence. In the intimate anonymity of a chat room, he carries on an e-mail affair with Ryan and doesn't tell her that her destroyer is her potential beau. At a literary soiree he scoops up all the caviar. Who is this creep? Tom Hanks. And because he is, he must...
...seven films, mostly raffish comedies. It took Penny Marshall's Big (Break No. 3) to change that. Now he was so hot he was cast in roles that didn't suit him, like Sherman McCoy in The Bonfire of the Vanities or the thinks-he's-going-to-die hero of Joe versus the Volcano...
...famous person on the planet. A. Scott Berg records what happened to the aviator before, during and after his transcendent triumph. The later life proves especially poignant, not only because of his child's murder. Lindbergh came to dislike commercial aviation and was accused of pro-Nazi sympathies. A hero who flew so high became a troubled human back on the ground...
...WORST The Starr report. O.K., news junkies lapped it up, and TV talking heads droned on about it, but the Starr report was a pretty pallid piece of work. Wimpish hero, insecure heroine, pizza, thong underwear, a cigar. What in the world has happened to romances...
...ones: four went more than 500 ft. The St. Louis Cardinals' batting practice became a show in itself with crowded outfield seats; his practice shots got bigger cheers than real ones at most stadiums. But more than hitting a ball really far, McGwire showed what a true sports hero he is by the way he handled the attention with class and with respect for his worthy rival, Sammy Sosa...