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Age" guy who long ago gave up his
law practice to stay at home and raise
his son. He's a sharp contrast to Polo's
father (Robert De Niro), a macho ex-
CIA agent.
Stiller's mother (BARBRA
STREISAND in her first movie in
eight years — Stiller called her person-
ally and persuaded her to take the
part) makes her living by teaching sex-
ual yoga techniques to senior citizens.
Meanwhile, Polo's mother (Blythe
Danner) is a tasteful, if somewhat
ditzy WASP matron.
The stellar cast — Jewish actors
SHELLY BERMAN and TIM
BLAKE NELSON have supporting
roles — should be able to overcome
material that is awfully familiar by
now — think Dharma and Greg and
most of Stiller's movies for the last
four years.

Stewart Soars

JON STEWART was just honored by
Publishers Weekly with its "Book of the
Year award for his best-seller America
(The Book). The talk-show host will
appear at the Detroit Opera House 7
p.m. (sold out) and 10 p.m. Saturday,
April 2, 2005.

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Ghost World

"And you know what was weird?
Somehow I felt safe, and I don't know
why. I'm Jewish and from Detroit. But
I did not feel at all threatened."
So said veteran actress LIN SHAPE,
co-starring in the upcoming horror
film 2001 Maniacs, about the scary
goings-on around the set of the film.
Shaye, best known for playing
Cameron Diaz's oversexed neighbor in
There's Something About Mary, told
SCI-FI Newswire that Maniacs was
made on the site of a Georgia outdoor
museum of historic buildings — some
are supposed to be haunted.
It seemed to Shaye that the ghosts
were real. On top of that, some
Confederate "re-enactors" refused to
be in the film, and one "put a curse"
on the movie. After the curse was
issued, Shaye said, an assistant director
was injured and had to leave the film.
A little later, minor mishaps sidelined
the director and another actress for a
time.
Starring Robert (Nightmare on Elm
Street) Englund, Maniacs should open
sometime next year. I

NATE BLOOM is the California-based
editor ofvvww.jewhoo.com and can be
reached at Middleofth.eroad 1 @aol.com

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