European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes Friday May 26,1989 faces n places american s first film wins top Honor at Cannes from wire reports the first film by 26-year-old american director Slyven Soderberry sex lies and videotape won the Golden Palm award at the 42nd Cannes film festival in France and americans took several other top awards. One of the Low budget movie s four stars James Spader won Best actor during tuesday night s Cere monies. Meryl sleep was chosen Best actress for her performance in a cry in the dark directed by Fred sche Pisl. American Jim Jar Musch s mystery train the tale of three characters connected by a ride on the same train took the prize for Best artistic contrib _. Lion. Gregory Peck Soderbergh whose latest film old Gringo officially closed the 13-Day festival also won a special prize for lifetime contribution to Cinema. Grad attire ouf of sight rather than Peck under graduation gowns to enforce a dress code the school Board in Hopkinton r.i., voted to let Chaiho regional High school seniors Wear what they want to commencement. The dress code which would have required shirts with collars and would have banned sneakers Blue jeans and shorts was voted Down despite arguments that everyday clothing was not appropriate for graduation. going to look up everyone s Cap and gown committee member Arthur Berasconi asked. I m Betsy Conway said some students at last year s ceremony wore to shirts jeans tank tops or sandals which she thought inappropriate. Seniors who spoke at the meeting said their class had rejected the dress code proposal by a 149-45 vote. They also said audience members were More disruptive at last year s ceremonies than the seniors. 2 longtime stars honoured Katharine Hepburn and red Skellon received life time achievement awards and playwright Neil Simon was presented the lifetime creative achieve ment award at the third annual american comedy awards. The honors in 17 categories were presented tues Day at the Hollywood palladium in los Angeles. Roseanne Barr and her co Star in Abc s Rose Annc John Goodman won As funniest female and male performers in a leading role in a television series. Barr also was honoured As funniest female stand up comic. Robin Williams was selected As funniest male stand up comic. In the motion picture category. Belle Midler was selected funniest actress for big business and Tom Hanks As funniest actor for the supporting awards went to Joan Cusack for working girl and arsenic Hall for coming to Tracey Ullman won funniest female performer in a television special for Tracey Ullman David Letterman won in the male category for his sixth anniversary Rhea Perlman won funniest supporting female in television for her role in cheers and Dana Harvcy won funniest supporting male for his role in sat urday night live a yodelling woman Ash Rita Furman of san Francisco who holds More guinness world records than anyone else has added yodelling to his claim to Fame. The new York native by monday morning had Yoda cd for 27 hours besting he said the current guinness world record of 26 hours set in 1984 by error Bird in Lisburn Northern Ireland. Among Furman s other records arc running a Marathon while juggling three balls in 3 hours. 22 minutes. Historical run pulitzer prize winning historian James Macgre Gor Burns is planning to Fly from Leningrad to Lon Don to new York to Washington and attempt one mile runs in each City All in one Day. If i can do it in one Day in will remind us How close these nations arc geographically and hence must be economically and politically Burns said. His run in Leningrad will take him from the win Ter Palace where the czars lived to a revolutionary shrine. In London he will run from Buckingham Palace to parliament. In new York his route takes him from Federal Hall to the spot off Broadway where James Madison drafted the first provisions of the Bill of rights. And in Washington the route goes from the Washington Monument to the Jefferson memorial. Vissr miss Holland takes Crown miss Holland Angela Vissr a 22-year-old Grcen cycad blonde won the 1989 miss universe Crown tuesday in the posh Caribbean resort of Cancun in a contest broadcast to some 600 million people world wide. Visser of Rotterdam scored an average 9.7 on a 10-Point scale to win the title Over 75 other contestants from around the world. The consultants were judged on their Pulcher etude poise and personality with the Winner receiving More than $300,000 in prizes and the Opportunity to travel around the world for a year. First runner up was miss Sweden Lopicc Drcar Constam followed by miss Usa Gretchen Polhemus then miss Poland Joanna Gapins and Adriana Abascal of the Host country Mexico. Gapins was the first contestant to officially rep resent an East bloc country. The title of miss con geniality was awarded earlier to miss turks and Cai cos islands Sharon Simmons 17, miss photogenic to Australia s 17-year-old Karen Wenden and miss traditional costume to brazilian Flavia Cavalcante 20. Gilda a comic to the end in the last interview she gave before she died the former saturday night live Star Gilda Radner talked lovingly of her husband and fellow comic Gene Wilder who cared about who i am rather than if i have in an interview conducted March 31 and now in the june Issue of Glamour Magazine the 42-year-old comedian who died of ovarian cancer saturday said Wilder always treated me normally. If he was mad at me he was mad at me. I Don t think i could have stood it if anybody had treated me As fragile or As though 1 had a limited time on and then in a comment she said she told her husband you have handled this about the Best that anyone could. After i finish this her upcoming boo Kevery woman in the world willbe after you. The trouble is they re All Gonna have some major make father s Day Juno 18. Extra special Lor your., dad enter the stars and stripes father s Day contest. Write a Short essay maximum 200 words telling us about your dad. I your essay is judged to be the Best Well Send your dad a chock Lor $300 to buy the Gilt of his Choice. The lather of the second place Winner will receive a Check lot $200. And the third place Winner s dad will receive $100. The Best Escayo will be printed in the Slars and stripes on father s Day. The contest is open to those age 17 and older who ate eligible to shop in the Exchange and use the Apo and Fpo. Slars and stripes employees and their family members Are not eligible to enter. Entries must be received by the stars and stripes no later than june 12.1989. Be sure to include your return address and Telephone number. Send your essay to my dad stars and stripes Apo 09211 or the International address my dad stars and stripes postlach111437 d-6100 Darmstadt 11 West Germany
