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MARRIED. VACLAV HAVEL, 60, playwright President of the Czech Republic, and DAGMAR VESKRNOVA, mid-40s, a prominent Czech actress; at a municipal hall, in Prague. It is the second marriage for both. Havel is recovering from the removal of a malignant tumor and half his right lung...
...Brockovich convinced her firm to bring action against the company, resulting in 1996 in a $330 million settlement, the largest-ever toxic tort injury settlement in U.S. history. Brockovich-Ellis’ crusade was dramatized in the 2001 Hollywood blockbuster “Erin Brockovich,” starring actress Julia Roberts, who won an Oscar for the role.But many scientists insist that no link has been established between the contaminants in the water and the cancer cases in Hinkley, Calif. According to studies published by the Environmental Protection Agency and available on its website, “No data...
Fear itself will not hold you back from success—just look at celebrities who have made it far in the midst of their phobias: Tennis player Andre Agassi reportedly has a phobia of spiders, actress Kim Basinger of open spaces, film director Alfred Hitchcock of eggs, and country star Lyle Lovett of cows...
...talented and popular young writer with a big ego (“I left Columbia and I don’t regret it / I wrote a book and Sonny Mehta read it,” he croons). We learn that she’s a struggling actress who spends the summers slaving away in a crummy theatre in Ohio, and that she feels lousy about not being able to cut it in New York. We learn that the uncertainty of their careers initially makes them desire each other’s support, yet Jamie’s subsequent greater success...
...goes both ways. Where Broderick errs on the side of caution as a performer, Lane is all over the map, all manic emotion and naked vulnerability. That is true both onstage and off. Broderick is Mr. Stability, with a wife--Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker--and a soon-to-be-3-year-old son, but Lane's personal life is famously turbulent. His father was an alcoholic, and his mother suffered from mental illness. He has struggled to find a steady partner. There's a core of insecurity there. Talking about The Odd Couple's record advance...