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CtjOpiiL^ euev ctpevl What is it about this story
that inspires so many? Perhaps it’s the sympathy for the
title character, the fantasia of the pumpkin carriage, the
optimism of the Fairy Godmother, or, in this case, the
breathtaking dance by the Moscow Festival Ballet. You’ve
read it many times. Now, witness CINDERELLA in its
most magical and enchanting form, ballet.
CINDERELLA
Moscow Festival Ballet | Company of 50
Saturday, February 7 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 8 at 2:00 PM
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www.MSCOPAS.org
PATRICIA S. PETERS LAGNIAPPE LECTURE SERIES:
How does a ballet become a fairy tale? Join us for an informal discussion
about CINDRELLA with a representative from the Moscow Festival Ballet.
Presented by The OPAS Guild, the discussion will be held one hour prior to
the performances in the Forsyth Center Galleries of the MSG.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2004
THE BATTAl!
‘The Return of the King’ lead
Oscar race with 11 nomination
By David Germain
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. —
Middle-earth crowned its
monarch. Now, Academy
Awards voters seem ready to
crown “The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King” as the
first fantasy to win best picture.
The final chapter of Peter
Jackson’s trilogy, based on
J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic set in an
imaginary world of hobbits,
wizards and elves, took a lead
ing 11 Oscar nominations
Tuesday, among them best pic
ture and director.
Key acting nominees includ
ed Golden Globe winners Bill
Murray as a washed-up actor in
“Lost in Translation,” Diane
Keaton as a down-on-love
playwright in “Something's
Gotta Give,” Chariize Theron as
serial killer Aileen Wuornos
in “Monster” and Sean Penn
as a vengeful father in
“Mystic River.”
The Napoleonic era naval
adventure “Master and
Commander: The Far Side of
the World” received 10 nomina
tions, including best picture and
director for Peter Weir.
The other best-picture nomi
nees were the quirky Tokyo tale
“Lost in Translation,” the somber
vengeance story “Mystic River”
and the uplifting horse-racing
drama “Seabiscuit.”
The most notable snubs
were for the Civil War saga
“Cold Mountain,” which failed
to get nominations for best
picture, director Anthony
Minghella or lead actress Nicole
Kidman, last year's best-actress
winner for “The Hours.” The
fdm had scored well in earlier
movie honors.
The biggest surprise was 13-
year-old Keisha Castle-Hughes.
For her performance as a Maori
girl bucking tribal tradition in
“Whale Rider,” she became the
youngest person ever to be nom
inated for lead actress.
Another surprise pick was
director Fernando Meirelles
for the Brazilian film “City
of God.”
“Lost in Translation” earned
nominations for directing and
original screenplay for Sofia
Oscar Insider
BeLind tie scenes at
The Academy Awa rds
Coppola. She was only the third
woman ever nominated for
director, after Lina Wertmuller
for 1976’s “Seven Beauties”
and Jane Campion for 1993’s
“The Piano.”
“It’s pretty unbelievable. I’m
happy to be in good company,”
said Coppola, the daughter of
Francis Ford Coppola and the
first American woman nominat
ed for director.
A win for Coppola would
make her kin the second family
of three-generation winners,
joining Walter, John and
Anjelica Huston. Coppola’s
father is a five-time winner and
her grandfather. Carmine
Coppola, won for musical score
on “The Godfather Part II.”
Besides best picture and
director, nominations for
“Return of the King” included
original score and song, visual
effects, film editing and adapted
screenplay. The film was shut
out in acting categories, though.
With their strange creatures
and mythical settings, fantasy
flicks have had a hard time
gaining favor with Oscar voters.
No such fantastical film has
ever won the top Oscar, yet
universal acclaim and success
at previous awards have
positioned “Return of the
King" to break that barrier.
“Obviously, we’ve got rea
son to hope that happens,” said
Jackson, also considered the
favorite for the directing Oscar.
“I think what’s helping us with
‘The Lord of the Rings’ is that
people respond to the perform
ances, to the reality of the situa
tions on screen and the depth of
it. It feels real to them.
“So it’s not really the fantasy
that’s dominant in the film.
It’s the human emotion. The
design of a lot of fantasy films
can alienate audiences. We’re
trying to do the opposite and
make people feel comfortable in
that world as something they
can recognize.”
The exclusion of “Cold
Mountain” from the top
category ended distri
Miramax’s 11-year strei
fielding at least one best-p
contender, including last
winner “Chicago.”
Miramax co-founder H
Weinstein, consu
Hollywood’s scrappiest
campaigner, said
Mountain” was hurt byasl
awards season this yea.
Academy of Motion Picti
and Sciences moved the
to Feb. 29, three weeks
than usual.
“Cold Mountain”
age to pick up seven
lions, though, among tl
actor for Jude Law
Confederate deserter
porting actress for
Zellweger as a salt-of-
Southerner. It was Zell
third straight nomination.
Along with Law
Murray, best-actor
were johnny Depp as a
buccaneer in “Pirates
Caribbean: The Curse
Black Pearl" and Ben Ki
as an Iranian immigi
“House of Sand and Fog
Murray is the latest
string of actors such as
Hanks and Robin William
earned hard-won respect
career that began in broad
edy. Academy voters
snubbed Murray for
I998’s most acclaimed peri
ances in "Rushmore.”
Joining Keaton.
Hughes and Theron in the
actress category were
Morton as an Irish mom itt
York in “In America.
Naomi Watts as a gr
mother in “21 Grams.’’
It was the fourth nom
for Keaton, a best-actress
ner for 1977’s "Annie
Keaton plays an older
who has closed the door on
then finds herself
two men in “Something
Ciive.” which has t
million at the box o
“It’s fantastic for
of my generation.” Ki
said. “It means we can
in romantic comedies,
they’re well-written and
and acted, it works
makes money.”
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I'VDi
NEWS IN BRIEF
Judge calls Schwarzenegger's $4
million campaign loans 'illegal'
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger broke a state law during the
closing weeks of the recall race when he took
out $4.5 million in bank loans to help his cash-
starved campaign, according to a preliminary
ruling from a superior court judge.
If Monday’s decision is upheld, the governor
could be forced to pay back the loans out of per
sonal funds.
“The judge has agreed with us in a strongly
worded position that these loans were illegal,”
said attorney Lowell Finley, who filed a lawsuit in
October attempting to stop Schwarzenegger
from funding his campaign with bank loans that
could be paid back by donors after the election.
Finley said that the ruling from Judge Loren
McMaster could spark sanctions from the
California Fair Political Practices Commission
— an agency that recently threatened Lt. Gov.
Cruz Bustamante with a $9 million fine because
of campaign infractions.
Building collapses in Cairo
suburb; at least eight dead
CAIRO, Egypt — Rescue workers
bulldozers and cranes to clear rubble and
for survivors Tuesday after an 11-story
caught fire and collapsed, killing at
nine people.
After working through the night under spodcj
authorities recovered eight bodies —
firefighters and police officers as well as a pi
citizen, according to rescue officials or f
scene and Egypt’s semiofficial Middle
News Agency.
At least six people remained trapped in the
ble, and a member of the rescue team told
Associated Press that rescuers had heard fro
survivor beneath the debris. The survivorsart|
others were alive with him, according to
cue worker, who spoke on condition of am
Gen. Mohammed el-Moayyed, in charged]
cue efforts on the scene, said that six firef
were believed to still be trapped in the rubtde]
probably some workers from the appliance
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