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RICHARD: We offered the part of the President [played by Billy Bob Thornton] to John Travolta. I bumped into Travolta at a party, and he said, "I will be in any film, any part--just you ring, and I'll be there." So we got in touch, and I think his agent rang back, rather cross, and said, "You must be joking. John wouldn't even consider...
...in” to the Big B’s roster for the 2001-2002 season. He’s had only a 20-game cup of coffee during his first two pro seasons, proving the ranks of Boston’s centermen – which include Joe Thornton and Brian Rolston – are quite difficult to crack...
...midlife ennui, against gorgeous, oft-married Marilyn Rexroth (Catherine Zeta-Jones). Miles is beguiled by her beauty and cunning, and she might be attracted to him, if he hadn't weaseled her out of a fortune and if she weren't about to marry a Texas zillionaire (Billy Bob Thornton...
Kazan rose from the class he later re-created with such acuity. He was born Elia Kazanjoglou to Greek parents who immigrated to America. He acted in the Group Theatre, then shone as the director of plays by Williams, Thornton Wilder and Arthur Miller. In 1947 Kazan co-founded the Actors Studio, which spawned several generations of serious stars. His direction of Brando in On the Waterfront and James Dean in East of Eden defined and sanctified the image of the beautiful, battered outsider...
China keeps opening its doors--even the ones in the ivory tower. Beijing's elite Tsinghua University has appointed former Goldman Sachs president John Thornton professor of global leadership, making him the first U.S. businessman to teach at the school since the 1949 revolution. During his 24 years at Goldman, Thornton helped the firm become a force in Europe, Japan and China, where Zhu Rongji, the reformist former Prime Minister and a dean at Tsinghua, was a confidant. Thornton has insisted that he's focused on teaching, but don't expect a globe-trotting rainmaker to spend all his time...