Word: stockard
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...Business of Strangers, starring Stockard Channing, Julia Stiles and a bottle of scotch, Paula Murphy (Stiles) tells Julie Styron (Channing) that many pornos are actually directed by women, not men—the only real difference is less sex and more foreplay. Business, on the other hand, is a female dominated film directed by a man. As written by first-time writer/director Patrick Stettner, the film’s characters are dynamically portrayed by Channing and Stiles. But while the issues Stettner tackles certainly deserve to be explored, Business is ultimately too strange to be highly effective...
...Stockard Channing...
Baker started the race well, leading most of the way. At the one-mile marker, Baker was neck-and-neck with Princeton's Wesley Stockard. By the time the runners hit the three mile point, Baker had pulled ahead of Stockard and held a two second lead over four runners. Those runners, who included McArdle and Johnson, would eventually pull even with Baker. Johnson made his move approximately 1000 yards before the finish line, surging in front of McArdle and Baker, to garner the first place finish...
Deserted by her boyfriend in a Wal-Mart parking lot, the pregnant Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman) takes up residence in the store, where she has her baby. In short order she makes friends (Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd), gets a life (as a photographer) and meets a decent chap (James Frain) she slowly learns to love. To say that Heart is a fable of feminist empowerment is to understate a very sentimental case. But the film is well played, particularly by Portman and Judd (who can't stop having babies), and you may find yourself, against all common sense, surrendering...