Word: winfrey
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...women who love them--can pack a movie house on an autumn weekend. The answer: $39.4 million worth. That's how much money Sandler's wan The Waterboy earned in its first weekend--a record for any non-summer three-day opening, and proof indeed that, while Oprah Winfrey may not be a film star, Adam Sandler surely is. This veteran of Saturday Night Live (remember Opera Man? Cajun Man? why?) now joins Will Smith and Jim Carrey as top movie money earners under 40. And in Hollywood, for just this moment, he is an even rarer commodity: a bargain...
...Beloved, the highly-anticipated adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel, slavery is explored in a subtle, almost metaphorical fashion. It is an exercise in psychology, exploring the mind of Morrison's steel-willed protagonist Sethe (Oprah Winfrey), a former slave who now lives as a free woman in Ohio in the 1870s. Beloved is a handsome, classy production that is distinguished in every possible way, but it is also a cold film. The screenplay grapples admirably with Morrison's convoluted narrative but can never get to the heart of it. The saving grace of the movie is the renowned cast...
...When Jesse won, I said to my wife, 'My God, I'm 10 times more popular than him,'" says the man once known as Sterling Golden. "People know Hulk Hogan like they know McDonald's and Chevrolet." According to Hogan, those people include Ross Perot, Ted Turner and Oprah Winfrey, all of whom make the wrestler's short list for potential running mates--none of whom have yet been approached. Hogan feels his lack of political experience, or any real knowledge of policy whatsoever, will not be a hindrance. "If you have a lot of specialized people around...
...Beloved, the highly-anticipated adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel, slavery is explored in a subtle, almost metaphorical fashion. It is an exercise in psychology, exploring the mind of Morrison's steel-willed protagonist Sethe (Oprah Winfrey), a former slave who now lives as a free woman in Ohio in the 1870s. Beloved is a handsome, classy production that is distinguished in every possible way, but it is also a cold film. The screenplay grapples admirably with Morrison's convoluted narrative but can never get to the heart of it. The saving grace of the movie is the renowned cast...
From the front row DuBois Professor of theHumanities Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. followed,asking Goldberg why she thought Beloved"failed at the box office." Goldberg declined apublic debate with Winfrey...