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Being lots of other people is what Streep does. Mike Nichols, who has known her for 25 years, tells of a panic attack he had during the making of Silkwood, their first film together. "I knew that the Silkwood Meryl was the real Meryl, no question about it," he says. "And then I saw a screening of Sophie's Choice, and I said, 'Who the f___ is that? She's absolutely real! Which...
...CHARGED. STAFF SERGEANT CHAD CARPENTIER and LANCE CORPORALS DANIEL SMITH, DOMINIC DUPLANTIS and KEITH SILKWOOD; with the rape of a 22-year-old Filipino woman; in Olongapo City, the Philippines. The four U.S. Marines, in the country to participate in military exercises, are accused of raping the woman in a van on Nov. 1 at the former U.S. naval base of Subic Bay. The soldiers, who deny the charges, face a court martial in Okinawa in addition to their trial in the Philippines...
Actresses don't often get into positions of behind-the-scenes power. But when they do, says Hare, "they use it to get films made that otherwise wouldn't have a chance. At the height of her fame, Streep got Silkwood made. Nicole Kidman is doing similar things for directors she admires, like Baz Luhrmann [Moulin Rouge] and Stephen Daldry [The Hours]. Women use that period of power much more responsibly than men, because they know it will be short...
...minutes per scalp, looking for signs of infestation. In the end, 12% of the students and 10% of the staff were sent home. It was the worst invasion of head lice in a long time. "In other years we have two, sometimes four cases of lice," says Laura Hart Silkwood, the principal. "This is highly, highly unusual. The numbers kept rising...
Gets raves for Silkwood...