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PEOPLE: Natalie Portman grows up; David Letterman lashes out; Michael Jackson freaks...
...there is to know about how tough he was, and ever since it has been clear that anyone who bet on a game in which he was a participant would be banished from baseball for life. No one has ever been reinstated, not even the hapless "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, who for years begged Landis to be reinstated and whose cause has drawn support largely because Jackson was illiterate and almost surely had what lawyers would describe as "diminished capacity" to comprehend the consequences of his actions...
...leans over his friend, ailing and bearing the deadly Ring, and declares, "Come on, Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you. But I can carry you." The scene has evoked tears from strong men and yanked Astin into the awards limelight. Yet as much as he reveres Jackson, Astin believes the wrong take is in the film."I know the way I delivered the line was so much more powerful than what the audience sees. That was one of the great acting achievements of my life, and I feel only 20% is on the screen...
...November CBS canceled a prime-time tribute to Michael Jackson, calling the timing "inappropriate" because of child-molestation allegations against the pop star. Last week the timing was apparently just fine. CBS ran the adulatory special, replete with teary-eyed fans and celeb testimonials. The difference: earlier in the week Jackson gave an exclusive interview to CBS's own 60 Minutes...
...midlife crises. In The Incredibles, due in November from Pixar, over-the-hill Hercules MR. INCREDIBLE (Craig T. Nelson) struggles to adapt to life as a suburban family man and insurance-claims adjuster. The film, which also stars Holly Hunter as Elastigirl, Mr. Incredible's wife, and Samuel L. Jackson as his friend Frozone, follows a powers-packed family at a time when "superheroes are considered cumbersome," says writer-director Brad Bird, who helmed 1999's The Iron Giant. "There are legal problems. They're put into the equivalent of a witness-relocation program." And we thought the Hulk...