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...Animated by innocence (and helped by his God-given gangling, goggling looks), Nelson, 35, gives an artless, winning performance that doesn't betray his tough tastes. "I have a cold aesthetic," he says. "I don't like schmaltz." Busy and brainy (Laura Linney was a fellow student at Brown and Juilliard), he was editing his soon-to-be released "Othello" adaptation, "OH," while on the "O Brother" location. The down-home authenticity of his performance remains a mystery to producer and cowriter Ethan Coen. "He's a Jewish guy from Oklahoma, so go figure," Coen says bemusedly...
...Supreme Court had made its decision the night before, and on Dec. 13 Laura Bush's husband would claim the presidency. But for weeks another meeting had been scheduled at the Governor's mansion for that same Wednesday night. It was to be the final report on this year's Texas Book Festival, an event that Laura had begun and shepherded for five years. So from 5:30 to just after 7, while her husband prepared his victory speech and waited for a phone call from Vice President Al Gore, Laura sat with some 60 people and listened to reports...
...forum and grander opportunities. Her new role as First Lady might produce its share of anxiety dreams, but judging by her years as first lady of Texas, she will prevail. Reasonable people can differ about how good a Governor George W. Bush has been, but few can dispute that Laura Bush has been the best first lady in years and years, maybe ever...
That said, Laura prefers spending time with close friends rather than at the more glittering kind of social events. For one thing, she's not interested in clothes. She has the suits she wears in public (designed by Michael Faircloth of Dallas, who will also design her Inaugural gown), and she has blue jeans, and that's it. Luckily for her, several of her closest friends from childhood live in Austin. Sometimes when she wanted a private refuge for a while, she would call a friend and say, "I'm coming over." It was not unusual to see her here...
...voice. In 1998 she actively influenced legislation reforming early education. She held a conference and made alliances with important legislators (especially Democrats), which resulted in an infusion of $215 million into new programs with titles like "Ready to Read" and "Take Time for Kids." "We simply knew it was Laura Bush's bill," says Texas Representative Paul Sadler, a Democrat who chairs the House education committee. "She was very much at the forefront, and knew the subject very well...