'POSTMAN' DIRECTOR DELIVERS HIS OSCAR PICKS.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith Michael Radford, the British director of Italy's acclaimed "The Postman" - nominated for awards by the Screen Actors, Directors and Producers guilds - feels "Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen, that was first published in 1811. It was the first of Austen's novels to be published, under the pseudonym "A Lady". " may well nab the Oscar for best picture. "Hollywood has a weakness for those kinds of English films," he pointed out. "They're a blessed relief from the industry's action pictures." His favorite picture of the year was "Leaving Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. ," but he said, "It may be too dark for Academy approval. Mike Figgis was brilliant as director, but I believe Mel Gibson Noun 1. Mel Gibson - Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956) Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Gibson U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. is the Oscar favorite for directing 'Braveheart' - and it was an extraordinary feat for him." Most of the films that are expected to be Oscar nominees, he said, "Seem to be the usual product of Hollywood - and not too great examples of it." He includes "Braveheart," "The American President
tr.v. be·lit·tled, be·lit·tling, be·lit·tles 1. To represent or speak of as contemptibly small or unimportant; disparage: a person who belittled our efforts to do the job right. any production or filmmaker. I know how difficult it is to make a picture - anyone who gets this far deserves any and every award." Radford's been getting a tremendous Hollywood wooing since "Postman." He said, "I'm being offered anything that's even remotely Italian - anything with a plate of spaghetti." He's being modest. He's actually got enough offers lined up to keep him busy for several years, and he's putting all the recent clamor into perspective. "Suddenly you're being offered a lot of money - and you can be as dead as a dodo if you make the wrong choice." The industry eye: Magic Johnson's return to the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Lakers might be of great interest to the world at large, but it apparently doesn't have producer Robert Halmi doing flips. He had been planning a biopic bi·o·pic n. A film or television biography, often with fictionalized episodes. biopic Noun Informal a film based on the life of a famous person [bio(graphical) + pic(ture)] on the basketball star in 1993. Those plans collapsed, but he said not long ago that if Magic came out of retirement, he expected to revive the project. So much for expectations. He told us, "There's nothing exciting about the story now. It's old." ... The plans are now firm for Candice Bergen Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American actress and former fashion model, known primarily for her roles in sitcoms and television. to start "Tim" in Los Angeles in May. She had expected to shoot the remake of the 1979 film (about a 47-year-old librarian who falls in love with a young, simple-minded builder) during her "Murphy Brown Murphy Brown is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. It starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, an investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI " hiatus last summer, but canceled those plans when husband Louis Malle was stricken with the illness that would take his life Thanksgiving Day. Hello again: Susan Saint James Saint James, uninc. town (1990 pop. 12,800), Suffolk co., SE N.Y., on Long Island, in a farm and resort area. It is residential. is back in Los Angeles for the first time in years - to guest on "The Drew Carey Drew Allison Carey (born May 23, 1958) is an American comedian, actor, and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marines and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, Carey eventually gained popularity starring on his own sitcom, The Drew Carey Show Show," on which her niece, Christa Miller, co-stars. The episode tapes Tuesday for airing Feb. 27, and Saint James is bringing her three younger children out from Connecticut to join her. "It will be great fun," said the former star of "Kate & Allie," "McMillan and Wife" and "Name of the Game," who retired six years ago to devote herself to her home life with her NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. executive husband, Dick Ebersol, and their three children. She admitted she's been spending extra time working out, and staying on a diet, to be in form for her guest spot. "Luckily, I've stayed in OK shape; I do go out to functions with my husband and it's not like I'm going around in overalls all the time. But it's an ongoing battle nowadays," said the actress, who cheerfully acknowledges being 50. "I remember the times I could just cut out desserts and quit drinking beer for a week and people would say, 'God, you're too thin!' Those days are gone forever." A change of pace: Look for a very different Carl Weathers in the big-screen "Happy Gilmore" opening next week. The action star ("Rocky," "Action Jackson") does his first turn in a comedic role in the Universal film starring Adam Sandler. "They were really surprised that I could be wacky after all the serious, macho-type characters I've played," said Weathers. The actor also directed this Sunday's episode of "Silk Stalkings." He said it was a kick working with the syndicated actioner's new stars, Tyler Layton and Nick Kokotakis, because "they have so much enthusiasm." The videoland view: "Married ... With Children's" Amanda Bearse expands her directorial base today as she takes the helm of the first of a two-part episode of Fox's "The Crew," titled "Winds of Change." The actress, who plays Marcy D'Arcy on the long-running "Married," made her directorial debut in that show's sixth season. "The Crew" segment she's doing today is scheduled to air March 28. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo (1) Robert Halmi Magic idea fades (2) Candice Bergen Murphy does "Tim" (3) Susan Saint James Back in town |
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