Edgewood High School, El Corral, 1998, World Beat 11

Description:	Religion is a common themeon eight fall-season networkTV shows inspired by thesuccess of CBSs Touchedby an Angel starring RomaDowney, Delia Reese andJohn Dye. New programsinclude ABCs NothingSacred and Teen Angel.CBS Entertainment from Shoot!Titanic is a huge critical and box-office success. The movie event of theyear, this $200 million picture is the most costly in history. After 45 daysin the theaters, Titanic had earned $308 million.Michael Flatleys pulsatingshow Lord of the Dancefuels the extraordinarypopularity of Irish dance.The show tours 15 cities inthe U.S. through October.Star Wars captures a new generation of fans whenGeorge Lucas re-releases the film trilogy 20 yearsafter the first film was shown. In Washington, D.C.,the National Air and Space Museum mounts a hugeexhibition of now-historic Star Wars artifacts.•In the fall, Fox debutsAlly McBeal, acomedy/drama starringCalista Flockhart as ayoung Boston attorney.The show captures aGolden Globe Awardin January 1998 for bestseries/musical or comedy.Matt Damon stars as an attorneyin The Rainmaker, a movie basedon the John Grisham novel.Damons successes also includethe film Good Will Hunting.from Shooting StarSummer blockbusterMen in Black grossesmore than $500 millionworldwide to become1997s biggest hit.The sci-fi comedy starsWill Smith and TommyLee Jones.(IThe Wonderful World of Disneypresents its adaptation ofRodgers & HammersteinsCinderella on ABC, starringBrandy as Cinderella and WhitneyHouston as the Fairy Godmother.Tomorrow Never Dies, starringPierce Brosnan as 007, is aholiday box-office hit andconfirms the enduring popularityof James Bond movies.The 1997 season premiereepisode of ER is broadcastlive and draws 42.7 millionviewers for NBC, includingthose who watch it on agiant screen in Times Square.SIJyl fsjS.fP.Eiitertaiament I
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Collection:	Edgewood High School

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