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...Napa, in 1983. By 1999, it owned 113 acres. Today Ceja Vineyards provides grapes for well-known brands in addition to its own labels. The company now produces 5,000 cases of wine annually, compared with just 750 in 2001. The Ceja children study at local universities and will inherit vineyards, not dreams...
...than 50 years but is best remembered as the punctilious fussbudget Felix Unger in the 1970s TV sitcom The Odd Couple; in New York City. By the time he was cast in his defining role, Randall was already an accomplished performer, having appeared in the original Broadway production of Inherit the Wind and as a smart-aleck sidekick in three Rock Hudson?Doris Day films. He remained active in his 70s and 80s, founding the National Actors Theater in 1991 and siring his first child (with wife Heather Hanlan...
...stance, that is to accept specific projects within areas of special competence but to avoid taking over the lead role. The U.N. has become reluctant to accept full responsibility for the so-called civilian side, not only because it can read the perilousness of the situation it would now inherit, but because of its well-founded fears of continued manipulation and scapegoating at the hands of the U.S. We are now again second-guessing U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, as well as quarreling among ourselves about whether the U.S. military or the U.S. Embassy should be in charge of reconstruction...
...Oleanna - accusing one of rape. Her malevolent turn earned Stiles comparisons with Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. Stiles, raved the New York Times reviewer Stephen Holden, "brings a focused intelligence and vocal command to her portrayal that suggest she is the actress of her generation most likely to inherit the kind of powerhouse roles associated with Close and [Jane] Fonda in their 30s and 40s." Those qualities, it turns out, transfer easily onto the stage, making Stiles blaze with hate and pain. She and Eckhart chew into Mamet's fiendishly difficult staccato half-lines with evident relish. Their slow-burning...
DIED. JEROME LAWRENCE, 88, writer and director, who co-authored 39 stage plays, including Auntie Mame, Inherit the Wind and The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, with his late writing partner of almost 50 years, Robert E. Lee; in Malibu, Calif. Twelve of the duo's plays made it to Broadway. While serving in World War II, the two helped found the Armed Forces Radio Service...