Word: hollywoodizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...field, a recently-unknown career minor leaguer, Shane Spencer, has become the unlikely Pride of the Yankees following a month of Hollywood-style home run heroics. And, in pro football, the Saints and Seahawks all boast winning records while the once-mighty Redskins, Bears and Bills wallow in last place...
...deep in character, charged Carrey and put him in a neck lock. The actor suffered only minor injuries but is now sporting a neck brace reminiscent of the one Kaufman wore following his fracas. A publicity stunt? The actor's reps deny it, but in the artificial worlds of Hollywood and professional wrestling, one never knows...
...eschews fatigues for a decorated dress uniform and tie. But after a tough day of reconnaissance in Mom's petunia garden, the general and company might want to kick off their combat boots and relax. That's where G.I. Bob comes in, as in Bob Hope, the first Hasbro Hollywood Hero. Hope, dressed in a pith helmet and leather jacket, will begin entertaining troops from toy-store shelves later this month. Unfortunately, he will be performing solo. Connie Stevens and other USO regulars have not yet been drafted for duty...
...ones, who will find Beloved more admirable than involving. The focus on stern Sethe and her closed fist of a heart may put audiences at a distance; and 174 minutes is a lot of time to spend with four troubled souls moseying toward inevitability. But the popularity of pizazzy Hollywood melodrama should not mean that the only movie pace is four-on-the-floor frantic. Beloved has a pulse that beats slower because the hearts of its characters are heavier; but that pulse is evidence of complex people sifting through the ashes of a national tragedy, trying to find meaning...
...mother of the movie." The film has many gifted midwives. But it was Winfrey who gave birth to a strong, stately film; to the chance for a renewed awareness of how slavery's shackles still chafe. She has also given birth to herself--as a force in a Hollywood that needs a more mature future, and in an America that needs to remember its past...