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...down at Pope Paul VI Hall on Nov. 26, The Nativity Story will become the first feature film ever to premiere at the Vatican. The creation tale of this movie is, by Hollywood standards, pretty miraculous. Screenwriter Mike Rich told his agent last November that he would like to write a story that many Christians have seen performed every Christmas Eve of their lives--but this time without first-graders playing the wise men. "If I had brought this subject matter into the mainstream studio system four or five years ago, I don't know if I would have gotten...
...imposes stricter limits on the popularly used method by which art collectors donate their works to museums. In the past, collectors would often hand over partial ownership of a painting--usually from 10% to 20%--and take a tax deduction for an equivalent percentage of the appraised value. The write-off on subsequent donations could rise each time the painting's value grew. Donors got a tax break, and museums got the art to exhibit for a period of time each year. Many such paintings were ultimately bequeathed to the museums...
...write about the death three years ago of your partner Howard Auster. You say that after a time, you never were intimate but shared everything else. Is that a formula for happiness you recommend...
...write to dispute an impression left by "Putting Limits on Teen Drivers" [Oct. 23]. I worked with Time to set up interviews with parents and their teen drivers for the article. I chose the Botti family because their daughter Angela has been my "poster child" for all things positive related to the changes in Nevada's driving laws. John and Donna Botti took their daughter's driving privilege very seriously. The Bottis consulted with me quite often during the six months they spent teaching Angela to drive, making sure they were doing everything possible to ensure her expertise. There...
...suppressed and invalidated in this industry in this country. I feel like I get healthy when I go back to Europe and work where it's more equal." Which brings us back to Almodóvar's world, one in which women dominate. Volver took Almodóvar six years to write. When he started, he envisioned Cruz in the smaller part of the daughter. As time passed, "I suddenly felt that I wanted something bigger," he says. "I thought, Why not make her the mother?" So Almodóvar gave his modern-day Loren a disheveled up-do, some thick black eyeliner...