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DIED. IAN BANNEN, 71, Oscar nominee who played an affable con man in 1998's hit Waking Ned Devine; in a car crash near Loch Ness, Scotland. In a 50-year career, Bannen appeared in Braveheart, Gandhi and the 1980 TV mini-series Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; and on the London stage in The Iceman Cometh and Long Day's Journey into Night...
...episodes that are currently being put out are still funny, but they are not very coherent or incisive. The characters have been fiddled with too much, some of them (like Principal Skinner and Ned Flanders) have been ruined for the sake of a single episode. Some of the best ones (like Lisa and Mr. Burns) no longer get much attention...
...shooting ends this compassionate, clear-eyed, expertly written first novel, a death that several lives have been stumbling toward for a quarter-century. Ned Rose is the title figure, a no-hoper in early middle age, who checks the oxygen levels in the 16 ponds of a Mississippi catfish farm. Daisy is his estranged sister. They are poor and white, though not white trash. Mack Bell owns the farm and owns Ned too. Mack has labor troubles. He summons Ned, as he has been doing since high school. Retribution explodes in the blast of a gun. Daisy, a figure strong...
...covered creatures are back, and this time they're literally out-of-this-world. The Muppets' seventh feature film has Gonzo searching for his true identity. In a shocking revelation, it turns out his parents are actually aliens! And there you were thinking he was related to your Uncle Ned. Gonzo may be the star, but never fear--Kermit and all your Muppet favorites will be making appearances. And then there are those who won't have a hand up their back: besides Hogan, other real-life performers include Andie MacDowell, F. Murray Abraham and David Arquette...
Byrd wasn't the first victim of racial murder, and he won't be the last. We still have a long way to go. NED BYRNE Weymouth, Mass...