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‘watershed’ event
KING
NEW YORK
(AP) — With his
first venture into
online publishing
a wild success,
Stephen King is
eager to try it
again.
“This js a wa
tershed mo
ment,” he told Time magazine
about the demand for Riding the
Bullet. The 66-page “e-book”
racked up 400,000 orders during
its first 24 hours for sale over the
Internet, according to Simon &
Schuster.
Now King is considering serial
izing a whole novel online.
People in the News
“If I were to do something like
that, whether they wanted it to or
not, it would force a lot of people to
read online,” he said.
But he’s not much of a comput
er geek.
“In fact, I’m in the process of
writing a book now. I’m working
longhand,” he said.
Letters from Garbo
to be unsealed
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Was
Greta Garbo really alone, or
wasn’t she?
Her letters to her friend and ru
mored lover, the writer and so
cialite Mercedes de Acosta, will be
unsealed for the first time on April
15, the 10th anniversary of Gar
bo’s death.
The 55 letters have been in
the archives of the Rosenbach
Museum in Philadelphia for the
last 40 years.
De Acosta, a feminist and fash
ion maven who died in 1968,
claimed she had trysts with actress
Marlene Dietrich, dancer Isadora
Duncan and Garbo. But Garbo’s
family and some of the screen leg
end’s biographers are doubtful.
“There are two camps,” said
Karen Swenson, author of the
1997 biography “Garbo: A Life
Apart.” “On one side, there is Gar
bo’s family, who think these letters
probably don’t say anything. And on
the other, there are gay activists
and historians who think they say
everything.”
The Garbo letters will be on ex
hibit at the Rosenbach from April
18 through June 4.
Roberts wins
moviegoers
with drama
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julia
Roberts won an easy verdict from movie
goers as her legal-eagle drama Erin
Brockovich debuted atop the weekend
box office witli $28.2 million, according
to studio estimates Sunday.
The sci-fi rescue thriller Mission to
Mars, last weekend’s No. 1 movie,
slipped to second place with $10.9 mil
lion. The horror story Final Destination
opened in third place with $10.2 million.
Erin Brockovich is based on the real-
life story of a California woman who
took a clerical job with a legal firm and
uncovered a pollution scandal involving
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Brockovich
led a crusade for 650 residents whose wa
ter was contaminated by the utility and
won a $333 million settlement.
The role was a bit of a risk for
Roberts. She has a string of romantic hiLs,
including last year’s Notting Hill and
Runaway Bride, but has had trouble find
ing an audience in dramas such as Mary
Reilly or Michael Collins.Erin Brock
ovich drew critical praise and was mar
keted wisely, with movie ads highlight
ing the humor and sharp tongue of
Roberts’ character.
“Brockovich is not your typical Julia
Roberts movie,” said Paul Dergarabedi-
an, president of Exhibitor Relations Co.
Inc., which tracks movie attendance. “But
her name attached to any movie is a rec
ognized brand name that audiences trust.”
Playing in 2,847 cinemas, the movie
averaged an impressive $9,905 a theater,
compared with $3,562 in 3,060 theaters
for Mission to Mars and $3,943 in 2,587
theaters for Final Destination. Directed
by Steven Soderbergh, the film also min
imizes the courtroom drama and keeps the
focus on Roberts, who plays an impover
ished, lowbrow motlier of three who cuss
es constantly and wears call-girl attire.
The Oscars continued to boost business
for American Beauty, which crossed the
$100 million mark. It took in $2.9 million
for a total of $102.7 million. That was up
nearly $28 million when American Beauty
scored a leading eight Oscar nominations
on Feb. 15, including best picture, actor and
actress. The Cider House Rules, with a best
picture nod and six other nominations,
added $2.4 million this weekend and now
has grossed $45.7 million, double its take
before the Oscar nominations came out.
Another best picture nominee, The
Sixth Sense, is expected to pass The Em
pire Strikes Back and become one of the
10 top-grossing movies of all time soon
after next Sunday’s Oscars. The Sixth
Sense took in $ 1.2 million over the week
end, putting its 33-week total at $288.4
million. That was up about $9 million
since the Oscar nominations and just $2
million shy of the gross for The Empire
Strikes Back.
1. Erin Brockovich, $28.2 million.
2. Mission to Mars, $10.9 million.
3. Final Destination, $10.2 million.
4. My Dog Skip, $5.5 million.
5. The Ninth Gate, $3.5 million.
6. The Whole Nine Yards, $3.2
million.
7. American Beauty, $2.9 million.
8. The Cider House Rules, $2.4
million.
9. Snow Day, $2.2 million.
10. The Tigger Movie, $1.9 million.
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And the celebration continues!!!
March 20
Women’s Business Fair
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March 20
History of Women at Texas A&M University
4-5:30 p.m. 206 MSC
Sponsored by Women’s Studies 845-7994
March 21
Women’s Week Awards Luncheon
Keynote Speaker: Jennifer Harris - NASA
1 1:30 a m. - 1:30 p.m. Bush Conference Center
March 21
Anita Borg “Technology, Democracy, and the Future”
2 - 3:30 p.m. Auditorium A - Bush Conference Center
Contact: Jan Rinehart 845-8877
March 21-23
“A Century of Women” Film Series
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March 22
“Managing Your Career: Insights and Strategies for Women”
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March 22
Women in Discovery Symposium
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7 p.m. Rudder Theater
March 23
Women in Discovery Symposium
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Rudder
March 25
Expanding Your Horizons
8:30 a.m. -1:15 p.m. Zachary
Contact: Linda Callen 845-2724
March 25
Texas A&M Women’s Softball vs. Oklahoma
“Take a Girl to a Game”
1 p.m. A&M Softball Complex
Contact: Women’s Athletics 845-1051
EXHIBITIONS
March 1-23
Photographic Exhibit “Rural Texas Women at Work”
West Campus Library
Contact: Lalaine Little 845-9252
Sponsored by Women’s Week 2000 Committee
March 2 - April 16
Marie Curie Exhibit
Stark Gallery
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March 1-31
Women at A&M: An Aggie Tradition Exhibit
Evans Library
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March 1-31
Philllis Wheatley Exhibit
Cushing Library
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