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...knows that what Hollywood's given us in the past has been pure fiction." Already this year, two other full-length independent features are making the festival circuit looking for exposure--Naturally Native, a heartfelt drama written and co-directed by Valerie Red-Horse, is about sisters trying to launch a cosmetics line; and Ian Skorodin's politically oriented Tushka is based on the FBI's efforts to neutralize Indian radicals during the 1970s...
However, the STS-93 crew will launch AXAF on day one of their mission...
...with no props, no scenery, no place to hide. The audience is rapacious in its demands: loosen our inhibitions; make us laugh. Onstage, life is stripped to bare essentials. The voice, the timing, the jokes are your only weapons. Every second of uneasy silence is a little death. I launch into my monologue: "You've been reading about Kenneth Starr and grand-jury leaks. Well, I can't get one. I'm the Rodney Dangerfield of investigative reporters." A small laugh, less than a guffaw, more than a titter. But that's all I need. I'm launched...
This week we launch an updated version of the show as part of a new CNN programming lineup. The new name--NewsStand: CNN & TIME--captures what we hope will be the spirit of our show: fresh, smart and loaded with information on everything from world events to entertainment. The program, which will air Sundays and Mondays at 10 p.m. E.T., is part of a family of new CNN NewsStand shows that have their roots in Time Inc. magazines. The other two marriages combine CNN & FORTUNE (Wednesdays at 10 p.m. E.T.) and CNN & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (Thursdays...
...pressed, Curtis admits that even the military's most "mission critical" systems--perhaps 2,800 in all--won't be ready in time. Officials insist that America's nuclear arsenal is more or less fail-safe, which means that if the computer systems go haywire, the missiles won't launch. Whether the same is true of Russia's nukes is an open question...