Celebrity Parade
Success just keeps on coming for Jeremy Piven. Last month, he took home his third Emmy for his performance as Ari Gold in Entourage, and he's currently on the big screen in Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla.Tonight, he makes his Broadway debut in David Mamet's classic play Speed the Plow. Piven seems to have grabbed the brass ring, but it hasn't changed his easy-going, self-deprecating style. Q: What does it mean to you to step on the Broadway stage?A: David Mamet is a playwright who grew up in my hometown of Chicago. My father - no one actually knows this - was friends with David and he was the first person to give him money to start his Piven Theater Workshop. So there's a lot of personal history. Mamet is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, brilliant, prolific playwright, and I'm from a theater family, which is why it means the world to me to be on the Great White Way. It's going to be my Olympics. I just hope I'm ready for eight shows a week. Q: Any fear of delivering?A: Fear means that you respect the space. And I do
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Erwin Siegel of Alexandria, Virginia, writes:Marilyn: You wrote that it's impossible for an elevator to fall. (February 3, 2008) But one time I was in the elevator of my apartment building, and it fell about two or three feet, then stopped with a jolt. Marilyn responds:Erwin: When I wrote, "...Ordinary passenger elevators have so many safeguards that they just don't ever fall," I didn't mean that it was impossible. Anyway, I was referring to the sort offree fall (to the bottom) about which so many people worry. Sudden stops, starts, and short jolts are not uncommon.Alan Young of Salem, Massachusetts, writes:Marilyn: The dormitories at the college where I teach all have modern elevators, which are inspected monthly to insure they are in proper working order. Not long ago, 20 students piled into an elevator that had a capacity of 8 people. The elevator dropped from the third to somewhere between the third and second floors before the cable snapped, then fell to the ground floor. Two students were injured, alth
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6 Superfoods You Should Know By Nina Planck, PARADE Whether you use them for seasoning, sweetening or snacking, the foods you choose can function as health-boosting agents. And some vital nutrients come in surprising packages! These six superfoods are packed with benefits--and flavor. Cinnamon Here's one superfood that's easy on the waistline and popular with kids. The bark of the cinnamon tree, native to Sri Lanka, turns out to have extraordinary health benefits. Various research conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture suggests that cinnamon regulates blood sugar, inhibits cancer cells and is anti-inflammatory. Cooking Tip Sprinkle it on French toast, oatmeal, hot buttered bread or a cup of hot chocolate. Cinnamon is great on sauted bananas. Coconut Milk The coconut is an unusual fruit: It's rich, and the fat is mostly saturated. In the South Pacific, traditional diets use copious amounts of coconut oil, yet studies there have shown that people don't get heart disease. In t
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