The Beautician and the Beast is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by Ken Kwapis and written by Todd Graff. It stars Fran Drescher (pictured) as a New York City beautician who is hired to tutor the children of a fictional Eastern European dictator, played by Timothy Dalton. The film takes inspiration from other stories like Beauty and the Beast, The King and I, Evita, and The Sound of Music. Produced by Drescher and Paramount Pictures, The Beautician and the Beast had Drescher's first starring role in a film. Filming took place in Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, California, and Sychrov Castle in the Czech Republic. Cliff Eidelman composed the soundtrack, which features the London Metropolitan Orchestra. Critics panned the story as more appropriate for a sitcom, and Drescher and Dalton received mixed reviews for their performances. The Beautician and the Beast was a box- office bomb, grossing roughly $11.5 million against a production budget of $16 million.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1852:
The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital
1924:
The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed to International Business Machines, which grew into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM
1989:
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses_controversy
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love interest: 1. Especially of a character in film or literature: one who is of interest as a (potential) partner in love. 2. A romantic relationship; a romance. 3. (film, literature, specifically) A romantic plot or subplot in a film or book. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/love_interest
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Love does not rule; but it trains, and that is more. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe