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CHAT'S ENTERTAINMENT Suddenly everybody in Hollywood is working on a talk show. Even Orlando Jones--the 7 Up guy! Do these stars have what it takes...
...Hollywood, having served teenage boys with decades' worth of action movies, is now making something of a play for their sisters. It has been, sort of, the summer of the girls, with pictures ranging from Bend It Like Beckham (Indian girl in London satisfies her dream of soccer stardom) to Whale Rider (Maori girl becomes the spiritual leader of her tribe) to I Capture the Castle (British teen comes to grips with her emerging sexuality). All these movies have hung on for weeks in theaters, attracting not just young girls but their parents...
...accrue momentum until he's created an aria, an oration on the fly. He has the assurance of someone who is used to being listened to, who's had more than a cup of coffee in the big leagues. For maybe a decade, Costner was the Greg Maddux of Hollywood stars, quietly outpitching the competition...
...were really one: a decade of populism, individualism and social flux when the rules were up for grabs--a situation we can thank for both The Last Picture Show and the leisure suit. Goof or Golden Age? For one week, as was the 1970s mantra of Burger King and Hollywood's auteurs, you can have it your way. --By James Poniewozik
BOLLYWOOD CINEMA ENGLISH 19 UCLA 2002 Academy Award nominee Lagaan serves as the main text in this course on the wildly popular--and more prolific than Hollywood--Indian film industry...