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...knee. Police are investigating Harding's claim that a man forced her into her truck outside her home, ordered her to drive and slapped her several times. Harding escaped by steering the car into a tree, grabbing the keys and running. "Her injuries are minor," says her publicist, David Hans Schmidt, who used the opportunity to stress that she will make her self-proclaimed official return to ice skating in Reno, Nevada...
...these offerings fail? Has Hollywood lost the knack for marketing serious pictures? Take blustery movies about killing Englishmen: Does anyone really think Braveheart (last year's Best Picture) is significantly better than Michael Collins (only two minor nominations this year)? TIME asked a pair of experts--a top studio publicist and a former studio head (and Academy member) to pick over the remains of some of this year's Oscar disappointments...
Michael Collins. Publicist: "I have no clue why this one didn't work." Former studio head: "I loved it, but it didn't do enough business. It's hard to sell any biography. Even Gandhi didn't do business...
...Evita. Publicist: "There was Madonna backlash and maybe Andrew Lloyd Webber backlash--and the movie was horrible. This is the second year in a row the Golden Globe-winning actress--last year it was Nicole Kidman--didn't even get a nomination." Former studio head: "I don't think there was a backlash. If anything, I think there was sympathy for the movie. It took a lot of guts to make an all-out musical...
...Crucible. Publicist: "People perceived it as a history lesson, as something more didactic than they were interested in seeing." Former studio head: "Yeah, I didn...