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...regular on the Grand Ole Opry radio show for 45 years; in Nashville, Tennessee. DIED. MARVIN MITCHELSON, 76, divorce lawyer whose advocacy of the right to alimony without marriage ("palimony") earned him a famous client list; in Beverly Hills, California . In 1976, he won a landmark lawsuit against actor Lee Marvin, whose lover, Michele Triola Marvin, had abandoned her nightclub singing career to be his companion. Mitchelson also represented such celebrities as Joan Collins and Sonny Bono, but later drew criticism for shoddy work, and served more than two years in prison for tax fraud. DIED. RUSS MEYER, 82, soft...
...corruption; in Putrajaya. He was freed from prison three weeks ago after a reversal of his sodomy conviction, and has since vowed to push for democratic reform. But his failure to overturn the corruption conviction means he is barred from political office until 2008. ARRESTED. MACAULAY CULKIN, 24, actor and former child star famed for his role in Home Alone; for possession of marijuana and unauthorized prescription drugs; in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was freed after posting a $4,000 bond. CONVICTED. JONATHAN IDEMA, bounty hunter and former Green Beret; of entering Afghanistan illicitly, making illegal arrests, establishing a private...
...Dresser (Steppenwolf Downstairs, Sept. 16-Nov. 14) John Mahoney as the egotistical actor in British playwright Ronald Harwood's comedy...
...could tame anything ? the man has attracted me." Onstage, Fosco is reduced to a clownish rogue. "As we Italians say, The plot, she thickens," he giggles. Nonetheless, Crawford, who followed Phantom by retreating to a Las Vegas showcase, re-stakes his dormant reputation as a brilliant character actor. Even in his fat suit, he has an easy command of the stage, preening and prancing with joy. Extra points for hitting a long high note in his showstopping A Gift for Living Well with a large, live rat crawling around his neck. As Marian, Maria Friedman is appropriately plucky and anguished...
...Hitler's final days in the bunker, The Downfall, is stirring prodigious controversy, because its Hitler is not only a monster but also a human being. The Downfall, which opened in Germany last week, was directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, who has mainly worked in German TV, and stars Swiss actor Bruno Ganz as Hitler. If Ganz's resemblance to the Führer is eerie, it is the sensitivity of his performance - at times introspective and at others explosive - that is truly unsettling. The intimacy springs both from Ganz's talent and the film's source material: it is based...