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...Passion of the Christ: The suspense in this film could be cut. With a knife. Any sane viewer of Mel Gibson’s neo-noir thriller will be on the edge of their seat from the moment the Sinead O’Connor-esque Satan figure appears. Will Jesus die? The answer to this question requires two hours of scary, seat-jumping sequences that will leave you disturbed for days. It’s hard to know where to begin with the scares in The Passion—but highlights include 2000 year-old stereotypes about Jews and visuals...
...front page of each arts section in town and have it say, 'Please don't think that you're paying to see Richard Dreyfuss sing and dance because you'll only be pissed off.'" Worse, he went on to accuse writer and co - producer Mel Brooks of bullying. "Tell Mel Brooks this," Dreyfuss instructed. "'Please don't yell at Richard ? Richard thinks of this as fun, not business." Then came a television appearance on Oct. 14 in which he warned viewers of ITV's Frank Skinner Show not to come until after Christmas: "If I see a face from this...
...after Lane moves on. British actor Henry Goodman, who replaced Lane in New York City before being sacked after just 30 performances, says he loves the show, but the role can crush a star's creativity: "I wasn't allowed to try anything, not one step, that was different. Mel Brooks said to me, 'Go and see Nathan Lane every day and do what he does.'" Even Landesman acknowledges the enormous energy and patience needed to nail the role. "Casting Max," he says, "is a constant problem." Bringing The Producers to London also raises the question of whether hit musicals...
...quest to be the first Cuban-American Senator, former HUD Secretary Mel Martinez, 57, says he is the "testament of the American Dream." He's also part of the President's dream; the White House picked Martinez to help Bush win Hispanic votes. The vitriol Martinez aimed at his chief rival in the primary turned off many Floridians. Now he faces Betty Castor, 63, a moderate former state education commissioner, who touts herself as a seamless replacement for popular retiring Senator Bob Graham...
...MEL BROOKS, director, on why he decided to shoot his new film of The Producers in Brooklyn, N.Y., instead of Toronto...