Timur PANKOV
ALMATY, July 22
(THE GLOBE)
Among those who know him best, actor Danny Glover is nearly as renowned for his tireless social activism as for his many acting accomplishments. Perhaps the truest measure of his commitment to helping people is that, by and large, only those who really do know him are aware of how continuously involved with crusading against various social ills he is. As longtime friend and frequent co-star Mel Gibson once put it, �Most people in Hollywood have a token thing they do, but it�s mostly about self-aggrandizement and ego. That�s not the case with Danny. He�s up to his eyeballs in devoting time to community services and just causes. He keeps going whether or not the public knows about it.� Perhaps the only other aspect of his public life Glover is so assiduously devoted to is his acting career, which has grown by leaps and bounds since he first bellyached to Gibson that he was getting �too old for this shit� in 1987�s Lethal Weapon. The action franchise that film spawned assured Glover�s lifelong financial security many times over, but that has yet to stop him from piling up new projects as rapidly as if he were living from paycheck to paycheck.
The product of a strong, close-knit nuclear family, Glover was the firstborn of his parents� five children. Glover enrolled at San Francisco State University following his graduation from high school in 1965. Somehow, in the midst of all that awareness, he found time to become aware of classmate Asake Bomani. The two eventually wed.
With a degree in hand and a young family to support, Glover embarked on a career as a civil servant, working in various capacities for the city of San Francisco over the next several years. It wasn�t until 1975 that the 28-year-old first began to develop a serious interest in acting. With no more background in dramatics than a few political plays done during his college years, Glover began taking classes with the Black Actors Workshop at the American Conservatory Theater. Soon, he was winning roles in local theater productions, and eventually�after seeking and receiving his wife�s approval�he moved the family to Los Angeles in order to pursue acting opportunities full-time.
Over the next decade, Glover�s film career languished somewhat between Lethal Weapon sequels, but he busied himself with television projects (including a hefty role in the acclaimed CBS miniseries adaptation of Lonesome Dove), a second career as a producer (beginning with the 1991 feature film To Sleep With Anger, in which he also starred), and (of course) all manner of social work.
In recent years, Glover and Bomane have divided their time between a large Victorian home in their native San Francisco and a 40-acre vineyard in nearby Sonoma County. Among the always-busy actor�s upcoming projects are the romantic drama Wings Against the Wind, with Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, and Gerard Depardieu; and a starring role in a project titled The Monster.
By Alessandro RAIMONDI
CABBIO, July 22 (THE GLOBE)
Fortunately not all chronicle news are bad ones, some let one burst out in a healthy laugh that make him reconcile with life.
Just one of these cases is that happened to a Swiss hunter of Canton Ticino that, tracking a woodcock, a much prized trophy among hunters, inadvertently has trespassed the border between Switzerland, where he had started the pursuit, and Italy, last October.
Nothing wrong with that, one might object, specially considering the absence of a marked border line in the area of the crossing, between Muggio Valley and Intelvi Valley. Not so for some stern carabinieri patrolling the area � only God knows what for � who, applying to the point the law, but of course missing to apply its spirit, have � hear, hear � charged the Swiss citizen for illegal importation of a firearm!
I can hear you laughing, that�s fine, all inhabitants of the two valleys have done so too. Woodcock included! The only one who doesn�t is the poor hunter who risks, in the process just set up for next December, up to a maximum of 8 years behind bars!
There�s the hope, however, that the judge, after laughing himself, may drop the charge and eventually suggest those carabinieri patrol members to embrace another trade in life. After all if that is the way they use the heads the good Lord has provided them with � people whisper � is it safe to provide them with firearms?
A closer look at the dynamics of the event leads to the conclusion that the Swiss subject by crossing the unmarked border line has not stepped into Italy, but in a medieval country or sort of! Few meters after he has entered the Italian territory with his caliber 12 Beretta hunting rifle � mind you, regularly recorded in Switzerland � not with a Kalashnikov or an Uzi machine gun, the Italian patrol has stopped him, contesting � hear, hear � the missing rifle import authorization and � get ready for another burst of laugh � the missing declaration to the border authorities! Perhaps the Italian carabinieri have compared that wooden area to an airport border gate�
One thing is for sure: the Swiss hunter is considering turning into a fisherman!
July 23, 1829 - The first typewriter was patented this day, by William Burt of Mt. Vernon, MI. It didn�t work out as well as other practical models developed years later. The first problem was, people couldn�t get used to calling it a Burtwriter...
July 23, 1962 - The �Telstar� communications satellite sent the first live TV broadcast to Europe this day. The bird was used to send TV programs between the United States and Europe.
July 23, 1961 - Woody Harrelson was born (Emmy Award-winning actor: Cheers [1988-89]; White Men Can�t Jump, Natural Born Killers, Indecent Proposal, The Cowboy Way)
July 24, 1987 - Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji on this day. Hulda become the oldest person to climb Japan�s highest peak. When she got to the top, she was heard to say, �Hey, dudes � how do I get down from here?�
July 25, 1909 - Louis Bleriot of France crossed the English Channel on this day in a 28-hp monoplane with a wingspan of just 23 feet.
July 25, 1947 - Fortune Gordien of Oslo, Norway set a world record discus throw of 178.47 feet on this day.
July 26, 1928 - Stanley Kubrick (director: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Spartacus, Dr. Strangelove, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange, Lolita, Paths of Glory)
July 26, 1943 - Mick (Michael) Jagger (singer: group: The Rolling Stones: 41 hits [1964-89], 5 gold records, 8 number one hits [U.S.]: (I Can�t Get No) Satisfaction, Get Off of My Cloud, Paint It, Black, Ruby Tuesday, Honky Tonk Women, Brown Sugar, Angie, Miss You; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer)
The Kosteyev State National Museum. Exhibition of S. Kalmykov, I. Itkind, and V. Eifert�s works, and Rudolf Nuriev�s painting.
From 10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Closed on Mondays.
From 21 July to 3 August
Tengry Umay Gallery. An exhibition of Yury Zobak. �Moony morning�. Drawing. Painting.
From 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Closed on Sundays.
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