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Still up to her thievery, Feaster swiped yet another Cornell pass and took the ball the length of the court for two more points. She finished with a game-high 28 points and added seven rebounds...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, | Title: Women's Cagers Defeat Big Red 72-58 | 2/15/1997 | See Source »

...rework of Lord Andrew Lloyd Weber's stage hit, failed to make the grade for best picture. Madonna, who starred as the flashy Eva Peron, also came up short in her bid for a best actress nomination -- echoing criticism that her performance was nothing more than a feature-length rock video. "Evita," in fact, was nowhere to be found on the list, which featured seven nominations apiece for "Fargo" and "Shine" and five each for "Jerry Maguire" and "Secrets & Lies." Best actor nominees included Ralph Fiennes for "The English Patient," Tom Cruise for "Jerry Maguire," Woody Harrelson for "The People...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oscar Nominations Announced | 2/11/1997 | See Source »

...just went, Eeeewegh. Then I came up with the monologue, with the voice. I thought it was a pretty good character." He performed the monologue as part of a one-man show, then filmed it as a short that he used to raise money for the feature. The full-length Sling Blade was made for $1 million. Last year Miramax Films bought it for $10 million and signed Thornton to a three-picture deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: BILLY BOB...OLIVIER? | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

...spite of one glib reply ("Answer: Eat a ham sandwich under a bridge Thursdays between 4-4:30. Women will come."), one restroom visitor took the time to consider the question at length...

Author: By Malka A. Older and Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, S | Title: Lamont Graffiti Enlightens, Confuses | 2/8/1997 | See Source »

...with a new initiative. Otherwise, the President will probably repeat his plea that despite progress on many economic and social issues, more remains to be done. One thing viewers can count on, says McAllister, is that Clinton's speech will be fairly long. Pundits jibed the President for the length of his address last year, but McAllister says focus groups show that people who watched the whole speech actually liked it. Of course, that may mean that those who didn?t like the speech had long since switched channels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton Prepares State of the Union | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

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