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MEAT 1 Nick Nolte now IF ROLLS MERE SERVES WTH THEM? coping clearly with reality 1 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Nolle has trouble with reality so he flavon his real life with outrageous falsehoods while adding autobiographical truths to fictional movie characters In the case of “The Good Thief” his private struggle against substance abuse hdped fuel his performance as a gambler who wants to organize a heist at a casino in the south of France Until Nolte was arrested in September the makers of the film didn’t know how closely the character mirrored the life of the actor — who was in the midst of a drug relapse after nearly a CATHY drug-addict- decade ed of sobriety “It was explained in die picture that when his luck runs outhe goes to lady heroin That process fascinated me because I kinda had knowledge of that although not heroin” Nolte said his blond hair neatly trimmed and his robust physique restored to a tanned and healthy state after nearly six first-cla- ss months BEETLE BALEY WHAT 5 WRONG? Y-- - "He's a really hardworking actor I didn't know about these issues really” said director Neil Jordan “He uses his own experiences He knew that whole He recovery thing kind of showed bits of that to me He didn’t want to show too much to me didn’t want to get embarrassed” When he was taken into custody near his Malibu home the actor was under the influence of a banned depressant Police saw his black 1992 Mercedes-Ben- z swotving into oncoming traffic along the Pacific Coast Highway When they stopped him he was disheveled and disoriented and his scrag-gl- y haired mug shot became worldwide news “That day there were a lot rtf circumstances that led up to why I was drinking or doing whatever I wadoing” he said “I actually had gone to an (Alcoholics Anonymous) meeting because I wanted to stop But I knew I was too messed up to go in So I tried to take the back road hit instead I went straight down (the highway) and got arrested” After months spent trying to quit Nolte said “The first thought that went through my mind when the sirens went off was: the jig is up And I was veiy comfortable with that’’ He said his reckless behavior finally scared him straight “I didn't like the fact that I Was out there on the street not in control of that car1” he said After pleading no contest to a charge of driving under the influence he was sentenced in December to three' years’ probation and told to undergo counseling and random drug testing He had already voluntarily entered a Connecticut rehabilitation facility four days after his arrest “Now the trick is not to relapse and that’s a matter of just daily vigilance” he said The year promises three otter films from the actor playing a priest in the independent drama “Northfork” a superhero’sfather in “The Hulk” and the American father of a son in “Beautiful Country” 12-st- ep ia H AGAR of sobriety THE HORRIBLE £OON W AFTBEYOM : T PEANUTS SKI WON'T MEAN SORRY TO 5ETTHE ROOT BEER POWN ON YOUR HANO se AP Photo Actor Nick Nolte who was arrested hi September for driving his car under the Influence of drugs near his Malibu Calif home uses his private struggle against substance abuse to help fuel his performance in his most recent film The Good Thief" Known fra a lifestyle of gritty he tamed his ways during a sober span from 1989 to 1999 that produced some of his great- est work — including Oscar nominations for 1991’s “The Prince of Tides” and 1997’s j “Affliction” Nolte had small roles on TV shows such as “Barnaby Jones” and “The Streets of San Francisco” before his break- ) through in 1976 on the miniseries “Rich Man Poor Man’’ He played a football star in 1979’s “North j Dallas Forty” and had hits with Eddie Murphy in the 1982 comedy “48 Hrs” and Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler in 1986’s “Down and Out in Beverly Hills” In 1990 he won critical raves for his role as ar savage detective in “Q & A” and in the next as a lawyer year’s “Cape Fear” he whose family is hunted by a psychopath he framed played by Robot De Niro After a string oif formulaic mainstream films such as 1994’s “I Love Trouble” also starring Julia Robots Nolte said he felt dissatisfied with Hollywood He began to focus on dramas double-ageas 1996's a in Nazi starring “Mother Night” a handyman with a troubled marriage in 1997’s “Afterglow” and a shady inspector in 1998's “Nightwatch” Soon after that bad habits and ted company began to derail his life but he says he’s now back in hell-raisi- ng i i j j j ed lower-budg- et nt : control “Basically my problem is I don’t know a good person when I see them” he said “It’s a matter of perception to be able to see normalcy I see the extremes Extremes attract me Always when you get involved in extremes you’re off on a journey to tell It’s going to be volatile and angry and all this mishmash I’ve kinda given up that” Sons of Bear Lake A novel by Douglas ’ hey 11 do that ya know — herd instinct People on the bowery was standin’ up and shoutin' to look That probMy drove the elk on The animals just swam out into the lake directly east We watched as long as we could see them I didn’t know them massive hulks could FOX TROT swim”v YESTERDAY IT WAS MEATBALLS IN LACK SAUCE THIS CAFETERIA- - CARE FOR A DOES HAVE A BALL M RIGHT i FUZZY GREEN SAUCE CLOSE TO HOME REAL LIFE ADVENTURES HELP? 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WHAT IF she's SOMEWHERE ?! itHA T IF SHE STUCK 6OTN70 THE DUCT WORK “And how much had you been drinkin’?” Hank's voice “No more ’n now” “That’s quite a lot Look what's left” It sounded like Razzle “Have some more You make up great stories when your belly has ' juice in it” “You don’t have to believe me Any of the Budges will tell the same stay It was the biggest event in ages around here was even in the newspaper What’s more them elk must have got to the other side andspent the night because the next evening they swam right back to the same spa hoe Old William Budge tells that they were so exhausted that he walked right up to them But they was up and gone by the next morning” I have used this deal in several classes but in one last November there was a new variation First though you are South the declarer in three West leads a fourth-highe- st heart seven It is right South to With one respond he is not seven points only nearly strong enough to bid two blubs Clearly declarer will have to set up clubs But if the defender with the club ace knows enough to hold up one round South will need a hand entry to reach the established club winners Where is that entry? 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