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...certainly more accessible than most Hollywood stars. After signing a slew of knick-knacks at the church from 7 to 9 p.m., “the party moved on to Wordsworth,” Kharbanda said. “He talked to everybody and was having a great time.” Quoting himself in Evil Dead, Campbell bid everyone farewell in the wee hours of the morning by saying, “Meet you again for the sequel...
...comes as no surprise that moviegoers these days are desperate for escapism. If that mood holds, From Hell, opening this week, may be just what the doctor ordered. Especially if the doctor's name is Jekyll or Moreau. From Hell is Hollywood's latest search for Jack the Ripper. It stars Johnny Depp as an opium-addicted Victorian cop and Heather Graham as one of the prostitutes stalked by the madman in London's low-rent Whitechapel district in 1888. It's a shocking movie, to be sure, but this is its most unexpected twist: it is directed...
...Hughes brothers, in fact, have been disturbing audiences since 1993. That was when--after dropping out of high school in Pomona, Calif., and learning their craft on music videos--they grabbed Hollywood by the collar with Menace II Society. The film, about black, disenfranchised youth, opened to critical acclaim and big box office. They returned to that milieu in 1995 with the ambitious Dead Presidents, about a black Vietnam soldier returning to a life of crime in the hood. With American Pimp, a controversial 1999 documentary, they took a straight-on view of the gold-medallion and Cadillac...
...they look for their next project, they are also examining their partnership. It has worked so far, with Allen handling the actors and Albert working the camera. Yet they have started to grow apart. "He likes doing stuff that gets seen," says Albert, implying that his sibling has gone Hollywood. Allen counters that Albert "is still more into violence than I am. I could do an ironic movie or a love story and be just as happy." With From Hell, at least, they seem to be having it both ways...
...country's economy, which depends mainly on exports of coffee, sugar and cocoa, into the eighth-largest in the world. DIED. HERBERT ROSS, 74, director, producer and choreographer; in New York City. Ross cemented his reputation as a Broadway directing talent while still in his twenties before moving to Hollywood, where he often collaborated with writer Neil Simon and producer Ray Stark, churning out hit films such as The Sunshine Boys (1975), The Turning Point (1977) and Steel Magnolias (1989). AWARDED. To the U.N. and its Secretary-General, KOFI ANNAN, 63, the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of their work...