Synopsis
Australian filmmaker Jane Campion directs the darkly humorous family drama Sweetie. Thin and mousy Kay (Karen Colson) works in a factory and lives a dreary existence with her well-meaning boyfriend, Louis (Tom Lycos). One day, her sister Dawn (Genevieve Lemon) arrives with her so-called manager, Bob (Michael Lake). Nicknamed Sweetie, Dawn is everything Kay is not: boisterous, impulsive, and overweight. Kay is consumed with uptight phobias, while Dawn hangs on to her unrealistic childhood dreams of show business. Meanwhile, their parents, Gordon (Jon Darling) and Flo (Dorothy Barry), are involved in a strange separation. Kay, Louis, and Gordon trick Dawn so they can visit Flo at a ranch in the Australian outback. Everyone gets together back at the family home where Dawn pulls an immature stunt, exposing the psychological realities of the situation.
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Howard Stern's Sweetie
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 22, 2000 --
The world hangs on Howard Stern’s every word, but even though the shock-jock’s been mute on the matter of the women in his life, Howard’s honey has been revealed.
Stern has been reported spending his free time getting close with actress Beth Ostrosky, who had a featured role as a volleyball player in the Ben Stiller flick, "Flirting with Disaster." Stern is trying to duck the media about Ostrosky. "I went out to dinner with a girl, and they (the media) have me married-off already. I think they're disappointed that I wasn't with a stripper. Like I'm not going to know any women," he said.
Stern, whose twenty-year marriage just came to a very public end, said "I'm trying to straighten things out with my wife and kids, and this makes everything complicated."