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...what to expect. But he's a genuine guy, easygoing, totally cool." Fraser, 29, who calls McKellen "the best-kept secret in the film world," was surprised at Sir Ian's bounding vim. "He eats everything he wants and has the energy of a 20-year-old." McKellen was robust enough to endure eight hours as a corpse in a pool, wearing a rubber wetsuit under a heavy tweed outfit. "He was the most remarkable dead body I've ever seen," says Lynn Redgrave, his housekeeper in the film. "And I've worked with one or two in my time...
...take a second seat to the warm and fuzzy Oklahoma when it debuted on Broadway in the mid-1970s, the show-that-hams-it-up-because-it's-a-show won the 1997 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical and has been enjoying more-than-robust ticket sales...
...frame even more devoid of substance. When Flockhart missed a day of work recently, idle minds began speculating that it was because of an eating disorder. Reps for Flockhart and Fox, McBeal's network, call the story "bogus," and Flockhart went on L.A. radio to insist that she is robust and well fed. Viewers will have to stay tuned to see how the story fills...
...remarkable trick of holding some of the most ideologically rigid views in Congress while maintaining a reputation for restraint. He crafted the famous Hyde amendment--six lines he hastily scribbled on legal paper in 1976 that deny low-income women federal funds for abortions. He was a robust supporter of Oliver North during the Iran-contra affair, and he led the calls for an independent counsel to look into Bill Clinton's 1996 fund-raising practices. But opponents speak of him with respect. Says Kate Michelman, president of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League: "He has been...
...series, which began with instructional books on software, now has 373 titles, ranging from Buying a Car for Dummies to Sex for Dummies (by Dr. Ruth Westheimer). With 50 million copies in print in 38 languages, sales reached $120 million in 1997, up 23% from the year before--a robust enough growth curve to allow parent company IDG to complete a public stock offering this summer...