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Master of Ceremonies for the 12th Annual Independent Spirit Awards ceremony, Samuel L. Jackson, center, jokes with Best First Screenplay winners, Stan...

British actress Kristin Scott Thomas, center, is led away from a line of photographers by a publicist before the 4th Annual March Tea Party in Santa M...

Berit Nesheim, director of the Norwegian film ?The Other Side of Sunday,? a 1996 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film nominee, wave to a well-wish...

Actress Heather Matarazzo, 14, telephones her father, Raymond, in New York while holding her award for ?best debut performance? for her role in ?Welco...

Actress Frances McDormand listens to a conversation with her husband, director Joel Cohen, holding hands, at the 12th Annual Independent Spirit Awards...

Actor/director/writer Billy Bob Thornton shoots a little pool, despite the presence of a small dog, backstage at the 12th Annual Independent Spirit Aw...

Nana Djordjadze, director of the Georgian film ?A Chef In Love,? a 1996 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film nominee, poses by the poster for her...

Sergei Bodrov, director of the Russian film ?Prisoner of the Mountains,? a 1996 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film nominee, is pictured next to...

French film director Patrice Leconte, whose film ?Ridicule? is nominated for a 1996 Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category, talks to...

Whitewater figure Susan McDougal waves to her brother in court during a pre-trial hearing in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Santa Monica, Calif....

Harry Winston Jewel associates Marie-Claude Parnaud and Armand Galvan-Espinola lay out jewels that will be worn by Hollywood?s elite for Monday?s 69th...

Los Angeles County Fire Chief Michael Freeman speaks at a news conference, March 21, 1997 in Los Angeles where he summarized findings from a new repor...

A security guard yawns while manning the front entrance to the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, March 20, 1997. The Academy Awards will be held on Mo...

Shrine worker Don McGovern waters the red carpet in front of the entrance to the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, March 20, 1997. The water shrinks t...

Jaguar cubs, B.J., the black one, and Cody the spotted one, are seen, March 20, 1997 at the Natural History Museum in Exposition Park in Los Angeles....

Floral assistant Robert Kelsey transports flowers to a refrigeration truck in front of the entrance to the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, March 20,...

Johan Sgoberg of Hassleholm, Sweden, enjoys the warm weather in Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles, March 19, 1997. Record-breaking heat was even...

Actress Mary Steenburgen, right, gestures while talking with actress Alfre Woodard, before the premiere of ?Mandela,? an authorized biography of South...

Actress Michele Lee poses for a photograph on Wednesday, March 19, 1997 at her Beverly Hills, California, home. Lee can be seen on May 7 and 9 when CB...

Japanese pitcher Hideki Irabu walks to his boarding gate at the Los Angeles International Airport to return to Japan, March 19, 1997. Irabu, unable to...

A giant 24-foot Oscar prop statue is laid down in front of the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in preparation for Monday?s 69th Annual Academy Awards...

Workmen lay down 24-foot prop Oscar statues in front of the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in preparation for Monday?s 69th Annual Awards show, Marc...

An unidentified Los Angeles Unified School District bus driver is comforted after her bus carrying five disabled students overturned, March 19, 1997 i...

Japanese pitcher Hideki Irabu walks to his boarding gate at the Los Angeles International Airport to return to Japan, March 19, 1997. Irabu, unable to...

Japanese pitcher Hideki Irabu walks to his boarding gate at the Los Angeles International Airport to return to Japan, March 19, 1997. Irabu, unable to...

Actress Adrienne Barbeau holds her newborn identical twins William Dalton Barbeau Van Zandt, left, and Walker Steven Barbeau Van Zandt, right, as she...

The Anaheim Mighty Ducks celebrate after their second goal scored by Dmitri Mironov during the first period of their game against the Los Angeles King...

Giant 24-foot prop Oscar statues lie in a moving truck before being erected in front of the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for Monday?s 69th Annual...

A giant 24-foot Oscar prop statue is raised by crane before being erected in front of the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in preparation for Monday?s...

A California Highway Patrol officer motions for bystanders to move back after a Los Angeles Unified School District bus carrying five disabled student...

Dr. Claude Hanet, left, and Dr. Laurence M. Galanti of the University Hospital of Mont-Godinne in Belgium, look at a poster encouraging mothers not to...

Actress Jodie Foster signs an autograph before attending the premiere of ?Mandela,? an authorized motion picture biography of the South African leader...

Dozens of junior and high school students from Southern California sit inside a Burbank, Calif., airline hanger and listen to pilot Linda Finch as she...

Dr. Arthur Klatsky, a consultant in cardiology at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland, Calif., speaks at a news conference in Anaheim, March 1...

Former UCLA men?s basketball coach Jim Harrick speaks during a luncheon at the Anaheim Arena in Anaheim, Calif., March 18, 1997. (AP Photo/Michael Cau...

A Los Angeles police officer stands in the middle of a closed down Cahuenga Blvd., in the North Hollywood section of the city in Los Angeles, March 18...

Dr. John D. Folts of the University of Wisconsin Medical School, speaks at a news conference, March 18, 1997 at the 46th annual Scientific Session of...

Dr. Harvey White, director of Cardiovascular Research and Coronary Care at Green Lane Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, speaks at a news conference,...

A sign bearing the message ?Thank you, friend? from Bill Cosby stands near a cross marking the spot in Los Angeles where his son Ennis Cosby was murde...

Dr. Pierre Theroux, chief of the Coronary Care Unit at the Montreal Heart Institute in Montreal, Canada, speaks at a news conference, March 17, 1997 a...

UCLA?s Toby Bailey, right, and J.R. Henderson fill out their ticket request forms, March 17, 1997 at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, for their upcomin...

UCLA center Jelani McCoy holds his lollipop as he talks to the media after a team meeting, March 17, 1997 at Pauley Pavilion in the Westwood section o...

Toronto Raptors forward Marcus Camby, left, hits a lay up against the Los Angeles Lakers forward Corie Blount during the first quarter of their game,...

Toronto Raptors guard Damon Stoudamire, second right, is surrounded by trio Los Angeles Lakers defenders guard Nick Van Exel, right, Elden Campbell, a...

Anaheim Mighty Ducks Roman Oksiuta, center, fights for the puck with the Calgary Flames Theoren Fleury, left, and Cale Hulse during first-period actio...

The Anaheim Mighty Ducks Teemu Selanne, center, tries to maneuver the puck past the Calgary Flames German Titov behind the net as Flames goalie Trevor...

Calgary Flames defenseman Joel Bouchard, right, swipes the puck past an approaching Anaheim Mighty Ducks center Steve Rucchin during first-period acti...

Los Angeles Lakers Sean Rooks, right, jokingly pinches the waist of teammate Shaquille O?Neal, who is on the disabled list, to check his weight prior...

San Bernardino County Sheriff?s Sgt. Paul Cappitelli briefs members of the media, March 15, 1997 in San Bernardino, Calif., on five boxes filled with...

Animal defense lawyer Michael Rotsten holds the barn gate for his client Virginia O?Brien and her adopted horse ?KK? in Burbank, Calif., March 15, 199...