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These stars and other action figures--Will Smith, Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson, Vin Diesel--are called franchise players, because every couple of years they tote hit movies and their pricey sequels on their meaty shoulders. The bankability of most male stars (Tom Hanks being the perennial exception) can be gauged by the success they've had fronting movies with numerals...
...Frontal", in which he honed his gift for impersonation. Bana jokes that those who knew him when will say, "How dare you be internationally known as a dramatic actor, when here you were just into comedy?" Soon he pursued movie work, and locals figured he would be the next Mel Gibson. But that job fell to Russell Crowe, Jackman and half the rest of the male population of Australia. Bana made one homegrown film that caused heads to swivel, the grimly comic "Chopper", based on the life of Mark (Chopper) Read, a spiky, unregenerate murderer who became a best-selling...
...winding down. Now, with 20 deaths, it's the first place outside Asia to be put on a do-not-visit list issued by the World Health Organization (WHO)--a public humiliation that infuriated Toronto residents. ("I've never been so angry in my whole life," declared Mayor Mel Lastman.) Beijing and Shanxi province also joined the list last week; Hong Kong and Guangdong province, where the outbreak began, have been on it for weeks...
...this end, Lee has brought in many artists—including Marisa Tomei, Mel Gibson, Bonnie Raitt, Jack Lemmon and the Blue Man Group—to perform and collaborate with Harvard students. Since July 1994, the program has sponsored 175 events featuring about 300 artists...
...opera displays a touching charm. It's not just the unprintably foul language that is unique. The music is fresh and vibrant; the characters are at once pitiable and funny, and wholly original - except for the uproarious tap-dancing Ku Klux Klan, a tribute to the prancing Nazis in Mel Brooks' The Producers. And that's just the first half. In Act Two Jerry goes to hell to counsel the ultimate dysfunctional family - Satan, Jesus and God - and is forced to confront his own role in people's lives. "We end with a message of peace and unity as glib...