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...mother was once married to Timothy Leary-who is also, coincidentally, Ryder's godfather. Thurman's father is a highly regarded scholar of Buddhism. Charles Bukowski was a frequent houseguest at the DiCaprios' when Leonardo was growing up in Los Angeles. The actor's best childhood friend was Abbie Hoffman's son. And Sarah Jessica Parker grew up idolizing Cesar Chavez and attending peace marches with her parents...
Even with a mountaineer's ax stuck in his head, Leon Trotsky (Philip Hoffman) can find nine ways to muse on life and death. And even in a 10-minute sketch, playwright David Ives can find a dozen ways to aerobicize the playgoer's brain. Six pieces in one dazzling off-Broadway evening display Ives' verbal gifts and humanist brooding. These are breathless sprints that the heart makes over the high hurdles of language...
Jerry Rubin's death, following Abbie Hoffman's five years ago, means only six members now remain of the Chicago Eight, the group of leftists who were famously tried for conspiring to disrupt the 1968 Democratic Convention. As for the living...
...blocking was awkward and, while my view was blocked several times, it must have been worse for those seated behind one of the leading characters because throughout his conversations his face could not be seen. Surely Hoffman was aware of how some scenes would have obstructed views, which can only lead to the explanation that somehow these moments were less important than others...
...with special advantages. "He gets attention because he comes from an unusual background," says Batt, a former Idaho lieutenant governor. "I don't get that kind of free media." Batt also charges that EchoHawk's campaign has received a lot of help from out of state. Actor Dustin Hoffman has reportedly donated...