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Does
your heart rule your head? 1Your partner
causes a furious row. Afterwards he apologizes with a dozen red
roses. Would you: 2You need
a new pair of shoes, but while out shopping you see a lovely dress.
Would you: 3A close
relative is in debt through gambling or drinking. He asks for a
loan. Would you: 4An acquaintance
has two unwanted puppies and unless she finds accommodation for
them, they will have to be destroyed. Do you: 5 You've
seen your best friend's boy friend out with another girl. Would
you: 6 You have
an offer of an exciting new job involving long hours, more pay and
some travel. Your partner disapproves. Do you: 7 You've
got a very busy social schedule and a friend asks if you could spare
her an evening to discuss her personal problem. Would you: 8 Assuming
money is no object, which holiday would you favour the most? 9 Which
one of the following do you most admire? 10 Your
partner's mother passes a hurtful and rude remark. Would you: 11 One of
the girls you work with is becoming increasingly lazy and you are
having to take on the extra workload. Would you: 12A workman
arrives several hours late and offers a flimsy excuse. Do you: 13 Your
best friend tells you that you are getting too fat. Do you: 14 Your
partner suggests an evening at the cinema. He fancies a horror movie
while you prefer a less violent film. Do you: 15 What
did you think about charity concerts such as Bob Geldof's Band Aid? How did you
do? 30-44 So balanced:
Beneath that palpitating breast is a heart worth its weight in pure
gold. You are a person capable of great feeling, but you enjoy exuding
an aura of suppressed and controlled passion. You are a thinker,
judging life's little difficulties with your head. But you are ever
balanced about things, albeit boringly practical at times. A great
diplomat, you realise often that although your head says 'no' your
heart urges 'yes' and you go with intuition when faced with a raging
mental conflict. 45-59 Big headed:
Your heart always rules your head in the end, which is why you never
get very far with anything in your life. You are soft and malleable.
Men long to protect your innocence but watch out or you'll get smothered!
Love is what makes the world go round as far as you are concerned
and you see life through rose-coloured spectacles. Sometimes you'll
try to avoid an important issue altogether by palming the problem
onto someone else. Don't give your heart away too often - you may
be disappointed. 60-75 Romantic pushover: You are a sentimentalist to the core. You probably spend most of your spare time brushing up on the classics like Romeo and Juliet, Wuthering Heights and Gone With The Wind. You hanker for the 'good old days' when women were gentle and men were REAL men. But in such a modern and thrusting world you'll be left far behind if you don't harden your heart to scheming manipulators of both sexes. Femininity will win you a knight in shining armour but who wants to flourish a duster and a can of polish for the rest of her life? Just
an ordinary guy Grown movie-star
women are not reticent when it comes to revealing their feelings
about Denzel Washington. Take Julia Roberts kissing him square on
the mouth at this year's Oscar ceremony. And Angelina Jolie telling
me a couple of years ago that the best sex she ever had was with
Washington. On film, mind you. When he was a quadriplegic in 1999's
'The Bone Collector.' 'Well, what
can I say?' purrs Washington. We know he got their vote this year,
and evidently many more besides. But this 48-year-old
is genuinely embarrassed by all the fuss. 'That life is not my world.
It's not what I do.' He's happy to have won his Best Actor Oscar
this year for Training Day, of course, and especially thrilled that
he was part of that triumphant people-of-colour triumvirate. But
he certainly did not prostitute himself on the promotional circuit,
as the vast majority of Oscar nominees do. In fact, Washington was
almost conspicuous by his absence during the Oscar season. He doesn't
even do the 'movie star at home' thing well, either. Until very
recently, he lived in the Valley area of Los Angeles, for heaven's
sake, an area where discerning celebrities wouldn't dream of residing.
He did eventually wise up and has finally bought a more appropriate
property in Pacific Palisades (five bedrooms, pool with cabana)
where proper bigwigs like Steven Spielberg live. Perhaps this
is what makes Washington a famously good guy. Perhaps even the sort
of bloke who might hold a cocky heart surgeon hostage to force him
to give his dying son a new heart. Such is the
premise of Washington's new film John Q in which he plays a role
he essays often in life - that normal guy with no particular power.
He is a father without health insurance of a son who will die without
a heart transplant. "I was
a man without power. I've worked in factories, for the sanitation
department and in the post office. I know what it is to be unemployed.
I've never had an insurance problem because I've never been hurt.
But I know what it is not to have. I still have my unemployment
book. And I take it out every now and then." The film is a
powerful and not unrealistic indictment of the American health system.
It's worth seeing for his performance alone, one infinitely more
layered than that which won him his Oscar. It will also
underline Washington's credentials as his country's cinematic "everyman".
"In my normal everyday life I have a job to do. I go to my
job and I work. Right now, I'm getting into the car every day and
going to the editing room, then I get back in the car, go home,
eat dinner and turn on the TV. I put my feet up. I'm not out at
all the parties and functions. "Just
because I live in LA that doesn't make me 'in Hollywood'. I don't
do Hollywood things. I don't go to premieres for films I'm not in.
In fact, the only two I've been to in the last 10 years were 'Do
the right thing' and 'Erin Brockovich'. And that's only because
Julia is my friend." Washington paints his wife of almost 20
years, Pauletta as something of a saint. She kissed Julia at the
Oscars too. Roberts and Washington first starred together in 1993's
'The Pelican Brief and remain close. Washington's resume offers
a Who's Who of Stars Who Will Become Huge. Besides Roberts there's
Russell Crowe in Virtuosity (1995), Angelina Jolie in The Bone Collector
and Matt Damon in Courage Under Fire (1996). Did he see
their stardom coming? "I did. When I saw Russell, I thought,
'Yeah, he's good', and as you can see now, I was right. I felt the
same way about Angelina and when I did Courage Under Fire with Matt
Damon, I said, 'This kid can act'." Yet only Julia
appears to have retained best-pal status. "Julia said the other
day, 'I'm an ordinary person doing an extraordinary job'. And I
thought, 'That's me'. I'm not an entourage person. I'm just a regular
guy, driving my kids to the game and doing what my wife tells me."
Washington
has four children, teenagers John and Katia plus 11-year-old twins
Olivia and Malcolm (named for Malcolm X) - but appeared to have
none in tow at the Oscars which, again, speaks volumes. He may not
parade them in front of the cameras, but he's very happy to brag
about them. "All are into athletics. My eldest son was voted
one of the top players in the country in high school football."
Keeping his children out of the public eye has not worked as well
as he would like. He was mortified when he asked recently if they
would want to be famous. "They said, 'Oh yeah', and when I
asked why, 'So we can get in restaurants'. I was shocked." |
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