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...like the optimistic little boy looking for the pony in a barnful of manure. They are so sure that where there's sex there must be a sofa that they ask witnesses to inventory the furniture in the presidential study. White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles provides comic relief when he makes his appearance. "Good morning, Mr. Bowles," says his interrogator. "I believe you have a device that you would like to inflate?" No, it wasn't a blowup doll; it was a pillow. And while the grand jurors wait, Bowles huffs and puffs and then tucks the cushion...
...Unzipped. Women's Wear Daily editorial director Patrick McCarthy notes, "He's been a little bit less interested [in fashion] than when he first started out. He has said to friends lately, 'Maybe this isn't for me anymore.'" Mizrahi is working on a screenplay based on a comic book he wrote, The Adventures of Sandee the Supermodel. And he wants to act. But that, of course, is something he's been doing all along...
...Lolita, Dominique Swain is a little too pouty; she chews gum and candy so perpetually and is so addicted to comic books that her character becomes rather tiresome. Similarly, Melanie Griffith, in the role of Dolores Haze, is so flaky that we are bored of her presence all too soon. Neither is a particularly likeable character, although this seems to have been a calculated move on Lyne's part. The effect of this is to turn our sympathies to Humbert, played perfectly by Jeremy Irons, whose expressive face beautifully conveys his longings and inner torment. Reserved and elegant, Irons' character...
...efforts to evolve from a comic actor into a thespian, JIM CARREY may be taking this Method-acting thing a tad too far. Recently, we reported that on the set of the ANDY KAUFMAN biopic Man on the Moon, Carrey asked for two separate trailers, one to play Kaufman and one to play Kaufman's alter ego, Tony Clifton. Last week, while filming a scene with wrestler Jerry Lawler, a bruiser who once put Kaufman in a neck brace, Carrey spontaneously spit on the wrestler in an unscripted move. Lawler, apparently also deep in character, charged Carrey...
...charm can find attributes that make it distinct and admirable. First of all, unlike Roseanne or Seinfeld or Home Improvement or Mad About You or so many other sitcoms of recent years, it does not star a stand-up comedian. Grammer is an actor playing a part, not a comic who has had a show built around him. As a result, Frasier has a presence as a character that is rare on TV today. He is not just a comic's alter ego, but a creation who seems to have a life...