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DIED. DANA REEVE, 44, singer, actress and widow of Superman actor Christopher Reeve who raised millions for research on treatments for paralysis after her husband became a quadriplegic after a 1995 horseback-riding accident; of lung cancer; in New York City. Reeve, a nonsmoker who lost her husband in 2004 and her mother just four months later, had her cancer diagnosed last August...
...Shakespeare sort of said, it is a wiseguy that knows his own child. But with Gotti in the grave, the only thing for certain is that he is still the main attraction. "They just won't let my husband rest in peace," fumes his widow Victoria. A godfather with secrets never does...
...let’s start from the top,” she tells one actor. “I want you guys to settle more into your authority,” she says to a pair. And she makes sure that actors properly understand the characters: “Widow Quinn never wonders whether she has the power of the situation,” she tells one actress. But while Spillane-Hinks knows exactly what she wants from each scene, she’s still open to new ideas. “Bring your pear,” she tells...
Self-assured but still speaking gently, she gives the actors more pointed and direct notes. "I want you guys to settle more into your authority," she says to a pair. And she makes sure that actors properly understand the characters. "Widow Quinn never wonders whether she has the power of the situation," she tells one actress...
...suburban Atlanta, Georgia. Some 10,000 mourners came to the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, including President George W. Bush and former Presidents Bush, Clinton and Carter. Many watched on jumbo television screens as a dozens of speakers took to the pulpit to sing the praise of King's widow. To attend the ceremony, the President had delayed a New Hampshire trip promoting his new budget. Bush, who is notoriously restless at long events, stuck to the dictum that speakers keep their remarks short. His words didn't rouse the crowd, but he was received politely when he said that...