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Snowball: Sigourney Weaver, Aliens. Think about it. Think about what this nomination says about the taste and integrity of Academy members. Think about a screaming baby alien exploding out of Weaver's chest halfway through her acceptance speech: "I'd like to thank my parents, and my high school elocution teacher, and...Oh, excuse me, I must have gas...What the...Oh, my God!...SQUEEEEA...
ALIENS Tall, wondrous Sigourney Weaver battles tall, terrible monsters in James Cameron's technically awesome blend of the horror, sci-fi and service- comedy genres...
...works since last December, the really convincing facsimile comes replete with photos and graphics in pretty pastel colors. One sure-fire knee-slapper depicts Sigourney Weaver being attacked by a killer sock puppet in a clip from "Aliens." Another guaranteed yuck-getter details the wide variety of things athletes stick up their noses...
...first attempts at teenage rebellion is announcing that one is changing one's name (and thus, theoretically, one's identity). One now wishes to be addressed not as Bobby but as Hercules, or vice versa. Susan Weaver, for example, announced at 14 that she was henceforth Sigourney, a name that impressed her as "long and curvy, with a musical ring." For those apprehensive about anything so drastic, there is the face-lifting change in spelling: Debbie now wishes to be Debi, or Debbey...
...party's not over. It has just begun with Jim, who says of Sigourney, "She's very smart. She's very affectionate. I'm very lucky." There are children in their future. And a Durang; Chris and Sigourney will keep acting, writing and capering. Though Weaver says she would "play anything -- a broom, a mop" in a Woody Allen film, she wants to be more than a housewife's helper in other roles. "Usually women in films have had to carry the burden of sympathy, only coming to life when a man enters. Doesn't everyone know that women...