Word: oscared
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...latest British invasion has come in the form of Joseph Fiennes, another actor in the fine family first introduced to us by Ralph of The English Patient fame. Harvey Weinstein, the founder of Miramax, definitely has his finger in the Oscar punch bowl again this year with Shakespeare in Love, one of the two films that prominently feature Fiennes--Joseph, that is. The other film is Elizabeth, another indie film with strong performances from all the players...
...GOES AFTER E! ON OSCAR NIGHT...
...last week right next door to the long-running revival of Chicago, the 1975 show that sealed Fosse's reputation as the most gifted musical-comedy director of his generation. Not bad for a self-doubting perfectionist who, even though he was the only person ever to win an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy in the same season (in 1973, for Cabaret, Pippin and Liza with a "Z"), never quite managed to shake off the nagging suspicion that he was merely a purveyor of glitzy trash...
After 41 years on the English stage, after receiving the female equivalent of a knighthood in 1987--"Oh, don't call me Dame," she says, burying her face in her hands--it appears that Dench's American moment has arrived. Last year she received an Oscar nomination for Mrs. Brown; her Golden Globe nomination this year for Shakespeare puts her back in the Oscar game; and in April, she will appear on Broadway for the first time in 40 years, starring in David Hare's Amy's View, a 1997 London hit. She has even gone mainstream--playing...
Fortunately for us, there were scintillating subplots to keep us interested, such as the Oscar-worthy performance of Al Gore '69. His primary job was to look attentive for all 77 minutes of the address, an especially difficult task given the circumstances. The president continually tested his resolve by rattling off a series of bland initiatives to tinker with the current budget. In all, Clinton forced Gore to applaud on 98 separate occasions, according to the New York Times. That means Gore had to clap for 1.27 proposals per minute...