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By Don Fass, Editor, ENN

Don't miss our NEW 1967 SUMMER OF LOVE Web Site

Spring/Summer 1997

Current Movies (or Opening Soon!):

The Fifth Element (Bruce Willis)
NEW Batman & Robin (Batman 4--George Clooney)
The NEW Jurassic Park Lost World
Austin Powers (Michael Myers)
Addicted to Love (Matthew Broderick

The 1997 ACADEMY AWARDS

The 69th.Academy Awards saw host Billy Crystal return at the top of his form, beginning with a clever opening involving David Letterman in an old plane....and as Crystal joked early on, it was "Sundance West," a night mostly of independent films.

And the winners are
BEST PICTURE: The English Patient
BEST ACTOR: Geoffrey Rush for Shine
BEST ACTRESS: Frances McDormand for Fargo
BEST DIRECTOR: Anthony Minghella for The English Patient
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Cuba Gooding Jr. for Jerry Maguire
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Juliette Binoche for The English Patient

More Oscars:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Warner Bros.Oscar Site
E-Online Oscar Site

And the LOSERS:

The Razzies, for the WORST of 1996:
Tom Arnold, Pauly Shore and Demi Moore got that distinction and Demi's STRIPTEASE got 5 more Razzies as the WORST PICTURE of 1996!

SPRING '97 UPCOMING MOVIE RELEASES

CLAPTON, CELINE DION, SHERYL CROW,
BABYFACE AND TONY BENNETT
BIG 1997 GRAMMY WINNERS

From Madison Square Garden, New York, for the first time--with twice the live audience, the 1997 Grammy Awards gave top honors to a diverse group of recording artists, ranging from Hilary Rodham Clinton (for Spoken Word) to Eric Clapton.

Eric Clapton won both Best Recording and Album of the Year honors for his Change the World. Tony Bennett was honored for Best Pop Album. Babyface was honored as Producer of the Year. Sheryl Crow took top Rock Artist honors.

Click here for more on the Grammys.

1997 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD WINNERS:

Best Movie-Drama ----- The English Patient
Best Movie-Musical ----- Evita
Best Actor-Drama ----- Jeffrey Rush (Shine)
Best Actress-Drama ----- Brenda Bletbyn (Secrets and Lies)
Best Actor-Comedy/Musical ---- Tom Cruise (Jerry McGuire)
Best Actress-Comedy/Musical---- Madonna (Evita)
Best Director ----- Milos Forman (People vs. Larry Flynt)
Cecil B. DeMille Achievement----- Dustin Hoffman
Best TV Comedy Series---- 3rd..Rock From The Sun (NBC)
Best TV Drama Series ---- The X-Files (Fox)
Best TV Drama ---- Rasputin (HBO)

FALL, WINTER 1996 - 97 Films

Selena

Liar, Liar

The Godfather (Anniversary Re-release)

Sleepers

Ghost and the Darkness

Glimmer Man

Get On the Bus (Spike Lee)

The Thing That You Do

2 Days in the Valley

First Wives Club

The Associate (Whoopi Goldberg)