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...expects you to know who's who even if it can't name names. TriStar Pictures knows this; it is opening the film a week early and at 800 theaters instead of the handful typical for an Allen release. The media tattlers who have already revealed the movie's reel-vs.-real twists know it. Soon so will the 'plex patrons; they will make this Allen's first hit since the 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters. Everyone seems to know it but Woody Allen...
That patch of green is now their DMZ. Woody Allen, America's most revered and introspective filmmaker, and Mia Farrow, the waif who matured into a madonna in reel and real life, are at war. What began as a skirmish over custody rights of three children escalated early last week when Allen declared that he was in love with one of Farrow's adopted daughters, Soon-Yi Farrow Previn. Then the tabloid artillery went ballistic. The Connecticut police were investigating a complaint of child molestation against Allen. It was revealed that Farrow discovered the infidelity when she found nude photos...
...boom, but the astronauts couldn't pull out its auxiliary power cord. When they finally got the cord out and began unreeling the satellite, the tether that kept it attached to the shuttle paid out for about 260 m (850 ft.) -- and then jammed, like a badly wound fishing reel. It jammed again when they tried to pull it in, and rather than risk a spacewalk to try and loosen it, ground controllers decided to pull the satellite back inside...
...previous attempts to reel in Intelsat with a spring-loaded capture bar had failed. Each time Commander Thuot tried to hook his target, the satellite just bounced away. After a day's reflection, the shuttle crew thought of a way to steady the satellite and allow attachment of the bar. The bold proposal involved an unprecedented trio of astronauts working together in the unforgiving vacuum of space. If Thuot, Hieb and Akers had not coordinated their actions exactly, they could have set the satellite wobbling so hard it might have crashed into the orbiter. Had either end of the capture...
...Reel Queer Lesbian, Gay, Bi Film Festival Longfellow Hall, Radcliffe Yard April 9 Through April...