Word: hollywoodizations
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DIED. RODDY MCDOWALL, 70, child star who went on to become a Hollywood fixture and one of the industry's more versatile actors; of cancer; in Los Angeles. He survived a run of sensitive-boy roles in the '40s (including Lassie Come Home and How Green Was My Valley) to appear in adult parts ranging from Octavian in Cleopatra (with close friend Elizabeth Taylor) to the chimpanzee Cornelius in the Planet of the Apes film series...
DIED. GENE AUTRY, 91, Hollywood's first singing cowboy; in Los Angeles. The Texas-born, Oklahoma-raised crooner planned to play baseball (he later settled for owning the California Angels). Instead he entered show business, heeding the advice of Will Rogers, who recommended a radio career after hearing Autry, on break from a job as a telegrapher at a train station, sing and play his guitar. His first hit, 1931's That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine, was followed by TV and radio shows, almost 100 films and 635 recordings--including his signature Back in the Saddle Again...
...Hollywood, slavery and its infamous legacy have begun to serve as outlets for ambitious filmmaking, whether through wrenching visual impact or intense emotional experience. In recent memory, Edward Zwick delved into the psyche of the black soldier for his sweeping Civil War epic Glory, while Steven Spielberg intertwined visually jarring images of slavery with courtroom drama in Amistad...
Beloved also marks the welcome return of Jonathan Demme, who directed Hollywood's ultimate psychological thriller, The Silence of the Lambs. The Silence of the Lambs was a showcase of visual ferocity, superb camera prowess and raw lyrical power; Demme told the story in such riveting fashion that the film still chills to the bone, even today. Beloved is his first film since Philadelphia in 1993, and while he cannot quite capture the essence of the book here, he still demonstrates the ample talent that helped him win an Academy Award. Demme is still a master of camerawork...
...Planet Hollywood. Congratulations: it is fifteen years after graduation, and you've finally hit the big time. In fact, you're so famous that the moguls of the entertainment world have determined that your yearbook photo is worthy of being featured on paper placemats and splattered with ketchup by fourth-graders attending birthday parties across the nation. Your face will be prominently featured next to "Demi Moore: Chess Club (Vice-President)." Dreams do come true. Trouble is, since a bachelor's degree is no prerequisite for stardom, they'll probably be using your high school mug shot instead--making your...