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...film also provides a stark contrast between city and country. While urban areas are shown to be dirty, overcrowded and coldly oppressive, the country town where Alice and her family live through most of the film is portrayed as spacious and fresh. However, the truth about city and country life are shown to lie beneath the surface, as it is only in the isolated, insular town community that she could be so harshly accused of child abuse. When Alice and her family move to the city at the end of the film, it provides the independence and anonymity she needs...
...Light earned national fame in the '80s with her portrayal of Angela Bower on the hit comedy series "Who's the Boss." Having undergone a remarkable transformation for her role in Wit, Light is now barely recognizable. Her shorn head, considerable weight loss and hollowed eyes here stand in stark contrast to the big-haired, gaudy TV character...
ENGAGED. CLAUDIA SCHIFFER, 29, Teutonic supermodel; and Tim Jeffries, 37, London art gallery owner. She was formerly engaged to magician David Copperfield; Jeffries was married to onetime Prince Andrew girlfriend Koo Stark...
...mentor and find jobs for qualified minorities as writers, directors, producers and executives. Mfume says the coalition is nearing agreements with Fox and CBS. The ABC deal emphasizes scholarships, mentoring and training. The NBC pact creates a minority writing position on each show returning for its second season. (If Stark Raving Mad is renewed, maybe they'll draw straws...
...staying--and the Crusader force, frying in heavy armor and unable to fight its way to the water, was overwhelmed by the Muslims. When the Christian knights retreated to the coastal fortress of Tyre, Saladin turned his army inland. Jerusalem withstood him for less than two weeks. In stark contrast to the earlier Crusader bloodbath, his occupiers neither murdered nor looted. "Christians everywhere will remember the kindness we have bestowed upon them," he said...