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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 2001
Page
8
Gene Flowers, 71, uses a magnifying projector at his Lesser Illinois home to draw the old farms and bridges he recalls. He is blind in his left eye from a teen hunting accident and has macular degeneration in his right eye, yet he pursues art to preserve a vanishing life.
Actor director Peter Bonerz and actress Stepfanie Kramer from Hunter celebrate birthdays. Singer Randy DeBarge turns 43, country singer Lisa Stewart marks another year, writer director M Night Shyamalan who created The Sixth Sense becomes 34, singer Geri Halliwell hits 29, and actress Soleil Moon Frye of Punky Brewster is 25.
Princess Diana’s death four years past, William and Harry mature as Prince Charles rotates Camilla Parker Bowles into his life. Bowles, 54, now has separate rooms at Charles’s two principal residences. Friends say William and Camilla remain social and warm, and both brothers wish what is best for their father.
John Cusack, age 35, becomes front runner in a tongue in cheek online campaign to land him in the White House. Dan Carol, a former Democratic consultant and organizer, supports the stunt noting few other compelling candidates exist.
Actor Robert Downey Jr aged 36 resumed public work by filming a music video for Elton John’s song I Want Love from Songs From the West Coast. Directed by Sam Taylor-Wood he lip synced Elton’s vocals while Downey serves three years probation for drug charges and awaits Emmy recognition.
Cicely Tyson, honored with a lifetime achievement award at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, says she chooses roles that teach moral lessons. She notes she uses her career to address issues and platform her values. The 67-year-old star was nominated for Sounder in 1972.
Woody Allen’s new film opens with a Duke Ellington recording and echoes his past love of traditional jazz. He plays clarinet, but admits he would be dead if forced to make a living as a musician. His Seattle Jazz Alley show this Thursday was a sellout.
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