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While Bush is widely seen as one of the most genuinely devout modern Presidents, Reagan was sometimes charged with being a phony, one who talked up religious values but was actually a divorced, nonchurchgoing Hollywood type who was remote from his own kids. He tells one pen pal that he would go to church more if he could, but the Secret Service argued that because of terrorism threats he presented too big a risk to other parishioners. Yet elsewhere, Reagan sounds better equipped to lead a congregation than join one. In a 1978 letter, he argues with a California pastor...
...have to compromise ... It's real stressful." Andre's specific gripe is that he would like to make more-abstract music, like his hero, John Coltrane, but he believes that neither Big Boi nor his audience will tolerate it. There are other rifts as well. After his role in Hollywood Homicide, Andre wants to develop an acting career. And he refuses to tour. Instead, he would like to enroll at Oxford University. "I want to grow in ways I can't here," he says...
Despite having no formal dramatic training, Plimpton built his own Hollywood career as a self-described “prince of cameos,” first appearing on the silver screen in 1962 when he dressed up as a Bedouin and pushed his way onto the set of Lawrence of Arabia...
Fulfilling the boundless promise exhibited in her debut effort, The Virgin Suicides, director Sofia Coppola crafts a sublime love letter to both Tokyo and transitory friendship with her newest film, Lost in Translation. Hollywood star Bob Harris (Bill Murray) has been shipped off to Japan to hawk Suntory whiskey to the natives. There he encounters Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), the beautiful wife of a photographer who spends much of her day staring out her window in hopes of somehow finding herself within the city’s skyline. The pair are soon discovering Tokyo culture and a profundity in their friendship...
Thomas C. Hudnut, headmaster of the Harvard-Westlake School, a private high school in North Hollywood, said the trend is a good sign...