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Woody Harrelson is, for the moment, at peace.Assured that his orange juice is freshly squeezed, he relaxes enough to cross his legs in a semi-yoga position and massage a large, naked foot.For Mr. Harrelson, being mellow isn't as easy as his laid-back demeanor might indicate. After all he has a lot on his mind: On a personal basis, he is a new father. Professionally, he has a new movie -- "Indecent Proposal" with Robert Redford and Demi Moore -- which opened Wednesday. The last episode of the long-running television series, "Cheers," in which he co-stars, will air in May. And he is author, director and star of a new play, "Furthest From the Sun," which opens a three-week run at a small Los Angeles playhouse in early April.

In 2010, a blond-haired girl with a sweet smile stood before the "America's Got Talent" studio audience and millions of TV viewers. The 10-year-old proceeded to sing about asking her daddy to grant her request. So far, so normal. But if the words had an appropriately childlike nature, the music was anything but juvenile - it was the aria "O mio babbino caro" from Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi," ordinarily sung by sopranos who have at the very least reached their late teens, and who have gone through years of operatic training.

ALTADENA, Calif. -- Claude Akins, the rugged actor with a Dixie drawl who was best known for his television roles as a truck driver, a colorful rural sheriff and a pitch man for a chain of automobile transmission repair shops, died of cancer yesterday. was 75.Julian Myers, Mr. Akins' publicist, said the actor had been seriously ill for about a year.Although he appeared mostly in supporting roles in more than 50 movies and 400 television shows, the burly, weather-beaten part-Cherokee from Nelson, Ga., considered himself "the highest paid unknown" in Hollywood.

"To the outside world, it's a big fat market where you have people like Paris Hilton going to parties. ... I think the festival is close to being out of control." Robert Redford commenting on how the Sundance Film Fes tival has changed since he cre ated it AP quoting Newsweek

In November Conde Nast Traveler, Robert Redford is asked what a traveler should consider before taking a trip."What effect will my trip have on the ecosystem?" says the actor-environmentalist. "Can I go have an experience and come back without having my visit affect the ecosystem indirectly or negatively? Think about what you take with you -- gadgets, recreational vehicles -- and about what impact those things will have."

The Sundance Kid himself will be among the slew of glitterati stopping off in Baltimore next month to speak at the annual convention for Americans for the Arts. Robert Redford is among a roster of famous folk including filmmaker John Waters, avant-garde theater and opera director Peter Sellars, and blog founder Arianna Huffington scheduled to attend the convention sponsored by the advocacy group, Americans for the Arts, from June 24-27. Unfortunately, fans will have to be content with spotting the stars from the distance.

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT(Columbia TriStar, rated PG, 1992)Robert Redford has accomplished with his director role in "A River Runs Through It" what few veterans have managed: He has created a deep sense of feeling.It's not that the film evokes a specific emotional response from the viewer, although it does that as well; it's that the film itself is the celluloid crystallization of the indescribable deep-seated feelings that drive most everyone but are seldom consciously acknowledged.If an alien were to land on the planet and you were at a loss to verbally convey the emotion of love for a family member and all the unspoken bonding, lack of understanding, joy and frustration that that entails, you could show the creature this film and he would immediately comprehend.

Gibsonburg, Ohio. -- Women want to see more naked men in the movies. On the screen, not in the seat next to them.Recently, Glamour magazine polled 2,000 women between the ages of 18 and 44, asking if they felt exploited by excessive female nudity in the movies. Two-thirds of them said yes. Eighty-six percent voted to turn the tables and undress the men. Payback time, I guess.But wait a minute. Are we sure this is the way we want it? I decided to take my own survey. ''Are you in favor of gratuitous male nudity in the movies?

New York -- It is a Robert Redford movie . . . without Robert Redford.At least, not the grandly romantic Robert Redford character who loves and litters leading ladies around the globe, from Barbra Streisand on a New York street to Meryl Streep on an African plain. Or even the guy's guy Robert Redford, merrily capering with best buddy Paul Newman or proving manly mettle as The Downhill Racer, The Natural or The Candidate.Rather, "Incident at Oglala" is Robert Redford, just another concerned citizen -- albeit one with the kind of Hollywood star power to get this small, decidedly non-commercial documentary made in the first place.