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I asked Hicks whether he was planning to move to Hollywood, but he said he was wary of repeating the experiences of other young foreign directors who have tried it, such as Neil Jordan and Mike Figgis.
The first is an absorbing, low-budget art movie about conjoined twins, the weaker of whom is dying and mordant, the other torn (so to speak) between loyalty to his brother and a tenuous connection to the external world--embodied in part by a prostitute (Michele Hicks) who looks like Bridget Fonda as Vampira and acts like a slightly less wooden porn star.
The Regal theaters will be combined with those owned by Act III, which KKR bought just a month ago, and those owned by the United Artists Theatre Group, which Hicks, Muse is in the process of acquiring, to create the world's largest chain of movie theaters.
-- Scott Hicks
One could quarrel with occasional entry choices: Steinberg David, Canadian comedian, actor , is in but not Saul Steinberg, the artist, who is far better known-- at least in some circles; we find Ralph Waite, US actor, but not Terry Waite, British hostage; Sir John Hicks, English economist who won a Nobel prize, is in, but Edward, the American painter, is more important.