Word: oscared
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...detect homosexuality in Canadian civil servants during the 1950s by measuring the how wide a man's pupils dilated when he was shown a picture of a naked man. Such seemingly archaic trivia is engrossing, but most of the text focuses on major gay historical events such as the Oscar Wilde trial or the formation...
...that Hollywood films are usually built like Arnold Schwarzenegger--big and burly, with way more muscle power than is needed? Much rarer is the notion that a film can address the subtleties of emotion, that it can have curve and contour, beauty and heart. In the '90s, alas, the Oscar category of Best Actress has become a chic, sparse ghetto. It's hard to find five films in which women have exciting, dominant roles...
...what she has made of her opportunities, visit a theater near you. Nearly 20 years after fighting off a big gorilla's advances in King Kong, Lange is a one-woman cottage industry. The Oscar win has brought Blue Sky back into limited release, prior to an April 18 debut in video stores. In Losing Isaiah, she stars as an adoptive mother in a custody battle. And beginning this Friday she can be seen in Rob Roy, Michael Caton-Jones' epic of a legendary Scotsman (Liam Neeson) and the woman who shared his pain and cheered...
...accomplishments in music are as sparkling and intimidating as Michael Jordan's achievements on the basketball court. He began churning out hits for Motown at age 12, and now, at age 44, he's a respected R.-and-B. grandmaster who has racked up 17 Grammys, a best-song Oscar and 18 No. 1 R.-and-B. singles. When a guy like Wonder releases a new CD--his first in four years--we expect a slam dunk. His fans feel entitled to an album of undiluted brilliance, like Fulfillingness' First Finale or Songs in the Key of Life...
Ending weeks of Oscar hype with an unsuspenseful flourish, favorite Forrest Gump topped contender Pulp Fiction for Best Picture, winning a grand total of six awards to Pulp's lone statuette. Tom Hanks (Gump) was Best Actor and Jessica Lange (Blue Sky) Best Actress; Martin Landau (Ed Wood) and Dianne Wiest (Bullets over Broadway) took Supporting honors...