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...portrayal of the church is possibly themost interesting contradiction of the novel. Onone hand, the novel is deeply involved with theIrish Catholic tradition. His characters pray whenwake up, before they eat and when frightened. Theparish is the center of the village, educating thechildren, caring for the sick and ringing thebells that determine meals, sleep and work. At thesame time as the life of the village is steeped inthis tradition, though, there is the suggestionthat this religion is deadening, hypocritical andpossibly evil...
...hated Primary Colors because it was about politics, you might just love the movie Bulworth because it is not about politics as we know it. Any resemblance to a politician dead or alive is accidental. Sick of the Senate and himself, and knowing that he is going to die soon, Bulworth proceeds to deliver head-snapping reality to his audiences--that money has rotted a system that has abandoned those at the bottom--as he romps comically through Los Angeles, from Rodeo Drive to Watts...
...cast aspersions on his charity. The New York Post reported that the Michael Bolton Foundation, which purports to help women and children in distress, in 1995 gave away only 15% of the money it raised. The 1996 figures were missing. Bolton, who said the allegations made him "sick to [his] stomach," immediately hired a crew of suits, including an emergency spin doctor, to clear things up. Meanwhile, the charity announced that expenses were high in 1995 because of fund-raising events but that administrative costs were below the industry standard. Stay tuned for an anguished ballad about being a good...
...sick of that Leo DiCaprio. Bad enough he's on the cover of every teen magazine on the planet. Now he's invaded my home page--and my home. Ever since Titanic set sail, "DiCaprio" has been the most searched-for word on Pathfinder, Time Inc.'s website, relegating the Coke and Pepsi of the search-word business--"sex" and "Bill Gates"--to also-rans. Leo searches are especially frenzied from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Schoolgirls coming home, I figure, as the sweet spot of the time zone rolls west...
...much time with children as fathers do. Psychologist Carin Rubenstein, author of The Sacrificial Mother, found that twice as many moms as dads are involved at school. Soccer moms make up a third of soccer coaches. When the real crunch comes, 83% of mothers stay home with a sick child, reading Goodnight Moon endlessly, compared with 22% of fathers...