Word: thorntons
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...grab the last Best Actor slot, despite mixed-to-poor reviews for his film. Will Smith, on the other hand, will probably miss out on a nomination for his unimpressive and largely unrewarded performance in the meandering Ali. A chance at the Oscar will also elude Billy Bob Thornton, whose support is apt to be split between his roles in The Man Who Wasn’t There, Monster’s Ball and Bandits...
...head stitches and a no-contest plea to charges of leaving the scene of an accident. As survivor and screw-up, Berry was ideal for the role of Leticia, the broke, hapless widow of an executed man who gets tangled up with a racist penal officer (Billy Bob Thornton) in the moody Monster's Ball...
...Grotowskis--three generations of Georgia penal officers named Buck (Peter Boyle), Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and Sonny (Heath Ledger)--make for the most ornery family of Southern men since the Leatherface clan in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Most of them anti-black, all of them bitter, they need the face slap of redemption. It arrives in a comely package: Leticia (Halle Berry), a hapless mom who looks nifty in widow's weeds. She brings out the courtly gent in Hank and forces his ardor to do battle with his prejudices...
...opponents of the Administration are indignant that the Justice Department has actually gone so far as to arrest and jail foreign visitors to our country whose visas have expired or who have broken other laws. Am I the only person who does not understand this? JOHN J. THORNTON Tampa...
Still, it's hard not to notice Thornton these days. In addition to the three films, he's all over Tower Records on posters for his first album, Private Radio (Lost Highway Records). He's been in bands since he was a high school drummer in a ZZ Top-influenced band, but his album is stark and John Prinish, with lyrics that may be hurting his current campaign: he sings about wearing women's underwear. Not only is Thornton planning to tour, but he's already writing songs for his third album, the one he'll do after the covers...