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They crash weddings to sleep with girls. John (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn) are Washington lawyers who, to indulge their inner frat boys, show up at the church as third cousins of the best man's stepuncle, and after the reception they have great sex with women they need never see again. Now the season is over, but there's one more wedding to crash. A prominent politico (Christopher Walken) is giving away a daughter, and, as plot would have it, he's got two more to spare: horny Gloria (Isla Fisher) for Jeremy, foxy Claire (Rachel McAdams...
...mystery why the publishing community is eager to gauge author Owen King-he's the son of horrormeister Stephen. The verdict: Owen's new book, We're All in This Together (Bloomsbury), a collection of stories including a novella featuring an eccentric grandfather who is being driven slowly insane by the 2000 election results, has met with critical praise. Said Publishers Weekly, "This original collection heralds the arrival of the next generation." Said Kirkus Reviews, "Newcomer King is a talent to watch." Galley Girl ate Chinese food with Owen, who is decidedly his own man, writing with a distinctive voice...
...Owen King: In Bangor, Maine. It's the last real metropolitan area in the states. It's Bangor, and then 10 hours to Quebec. Everything in between is trees...
...Manhattan previews, audiences giggled derisively through much of Revolution. A few saps (like the undersigned) were briefly moved by a three-minute close-up of Pacino fiercely nursing his son (Sid Owen) through some primitive Indian foot surgery. But then Kinski would launch into a furniture-smashing mad scene, or Donald Sutherland would drop by, a tuft of hair sprouting from his right cheek, and the toga-party roistering would recommence. If this reception is duplicated elsewhere. Revolution could achieve a dubious immortality as the campfire classic of 1986. --By Richard Corliss
...system appears to be working. It has helped limit the annual increase in hospital costs to 5% and reduced the average hospital stay for Medicare patients from 9.5 days in 1983 to 7.5 days last year. Many private insurers have introduced DRG systems of their own. Says Jack Owen, executive vice president of the American Hospital Association: "The DRGs have created efficiency and economy...