`END OF DAYS' A NEW BEGINNING FOR SCHWARZENEGGER?Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith Arnold Schwarzenegger's ``End of Days,'' which hits theaters Nov. 24, sounds like it could mark a turning point for the star. ``It's about suspense - not about action,'' says producer Armyan Bernstein Armyan Bernstein is an American producer, director and screenwriter. He founded Beacon Pictures Career as producer
Bernstein, who's also chairman of Beacon Communications, which financed and made the $100 million epic that will be released by Universal, says the saga has much of an ``Exorcist'' feel. ``It's scary, it's thrilling. Arnold's fans will not be disappointed, but he'll also be speaking to another audience, because `End of Days' has a theme more profound than his other films.'' The feature has Arnold trying to save the world from the devil on the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of the millennium. Gabriel Byrne For the Irish radio and television presenter, see . Gabriel Byrne (born 12 May, 1950) is an Irish actor. Born in Dublin Ireland, the first of six children born to devoutly Roman Catholic parents, Byrne was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers. plays the devil - though you won't be able to recognize him much of the time. Bernstein reports that at the hands of Stan Winston, ``Satan is transformed throughout the film. He appears one way, and then another.'' And another after that. Winston, for the uninformed, is the Oscar-winning visual-effects artist who created the dinosaurs of ``Jurassic Park,'' the predators of ``Alien'' - and the gross-out Fat Bastard bodysuit
In clothing, a bodysuit, or body, is a leotard-like garment that may or may not have snaps at the crotch. worn by Mike Myers in ``Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged shag 1 n. 1. A tangle or mass, especially of rough matted hair. 2. a. A coarse long nap, as on a woolen cloth. b. Cloth having such a nap. 3. A rug with a thick rough pile. Me.'' ``End of Days'' marks Winston's fifth Schwarzenegger flick. Incidentally, look for ``End of Days'' to be one of the really big ones - judging by Internet interest. Beacon put up a Web site for the film this month - and got 2 million hits the first day. The next stage Wow, did the summer stage season get off to a spectacular start here in L.A, with stars turning out in force - to cheer on their peers in productions running the gamut from the Coronet Theatre's gay musical review ``When Pigs Fly'' to Eugene O'Neill's ``Hughie,'' as interpreted by Al Pacino at the Mark Taper Forum The Mark Taper Forum is a small thrust stage with 745 seats at the Los Angeles Music Center built by Welton Beckett and Associates. It has presented innovative plays since 1967. The world premiere of Angels In America was produced here. . Pacino's cheering section included Rob Lowe, Jimmy Smits, directors Oliver Stone and Michael Mann, Camryn Manheim and, of course, Pacino's gal Beverly D'Angelo - who still maintains a residence on this coast. This marks Pacino's first stage performance in L.A., and he seemed pleased with the response. Meanwhile, Sylvester Stallone, Shirley MacLaine, Holly Hunter and John Schlesinger were among the filmland luminaries who caught the incomparable Mikhail Baryshnikov and his White Oak Dance Project at UCLA's Royce Hall. Baryshnikov and the five divine female dancers who partner in the project have been touring since May. And the fans were really squealing squeal v. squealed, squeal·ing, squeals v.intr. 1. To give forth a loud shrill cry or sound. 2. Slang To turn informer; betray an accomplice or secret. v.tr. over Mike Myers at the Hollywood Bowl's opening night George Martin/Beatles music gala - even though the ``Austin Powers'' star tried to remain inconspicuous in·con·spic·u·ous adj. Not readily noticeable. in  con·spic with seats to the rear of the box section. On the personal side Stories circulating about gorgeous Salma Hayek getting romantic with a young waiter named Alex Baldeom are ``absolutely not true,'' insists the ``Wild Wild West'' leading lady's rep. Salma has a love interest, handsome English actor Edward Atterton, whom she met in 1996, when they were making ``The Hunchback hunchback, abnormal outward curvature of the spine in the thoracic region. It is also known as kyphosis and humpback, and in its severe form a noticeable hump is evident on the back. of Notre Dame'' for TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. . Your director's actor? Production on Kyra Sedgwick's midseason ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. series, ``Talk to Me,'' doesn't get under way until the end of October. Still, they're already casting about for subordinate characters in the show about a successful radio talk-show host. Among those characters is Kyra's arch adversary, Dr. Deborah, who is described as a blend of Christine Baranski, Bebe Neuwirth - and Dr. Laura. Look out for her! Agent of all trades Sean Cassidy is writing and executive-producing an hour episodic series for USA cable called ``Just Act Normal.'' It's said to be the true story of an undercover FBI agent who also did work for Interpol and other agencies - while keeping up an outwardly mundane existence as a regular family man, a successful car salesman and part-time pianist in a bar. Our man's described as ``handsome, funny, methodical and brutal.'' Production begins at July's end with a commitment for 13 on-air episodes. With reports by Stephanie DuBois. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) SCHWARZENEGGER (2) BARYSHNIKOV (3) HAYEK (4) SEDGWICK |
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