December 20, 1996 in Seven Kevin Costner plays a ne’er-do-well golf pro in “Tin Cup.”

December 20, 1996 in Seven Diners at Fugazzi, restaurant reviewer Leslie Kelly’s No. 1 choice for superb dining in Spokane. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

December 20, 1996 in Seven Jack Lemmon and James Garner play former presidents in “My Fellow Americans.”

December 20, 1996 in Seven George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer are thoroughly modern parents in “One Fine Day.”

December 20, 1996 in Seven Drew Barrymore screams in “Scream.” Photo by David M. Moir/Dimension Films

December 20, 1996 in Seven If loosed upon the real world, one is tempted to believe, Beavis and Butt-head would not live to see age 20 - given their abrasive anti-personalities and their shared appetite …

December 20, 1996 in Seven Viola (Imogen Stubbs), left, and Olivia (Helena Bonham Carter) appear in the new film “Twelfth Night.”

December 20, 1996 in Seven (Scene from film)

December 20, 1996 in Seven “I loved it. I just thought the photography was so beautiful. And the continuity I thought was real interesting. Ralph Fiennes is so wonderful and so articulate that even when …

December 20, 1996 in Seven (Photo of band)

December 20, 1996 in Seven I am about to give up on sports bars. Just for the sake of accuracy here, I do not include as a “sports bar” every eating and (especially) drinking establishment …

December 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. White-tailed does were eating apples from a tree along Morris Road before passers-by sent the animals back into the woods on a late fall day near Newman Lake. Photo …

December 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Arsenic, mercury and other pollutants are leaking from an old mine near Kellogg into a stream feeding the South Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River, the U.S. Forest Service says. …

December 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Saying it has failed to adequately educate black youngsters, the Oakland Unified School District has declared black English a second language, making it the first district in the nation to …

December 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. White-taile does were eating apples from a tree along Morris Road before passers-by sent the animals back into the woods on a late fall day near Newman Lake. Photo …

December 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 OK, here are The Spokesman-Review Christmas Fund facts: Only five days remain until Christmas. A goal of $400,000 has been set. A total of $313,971.09 has been raised. But more …

December 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 The television industry announced its age-based content ratings system Thursday amid unrelenting criticism that it is too vague to help parents screen violence, sex and coarse language from what their …

December 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 That lady outside Macy’s may have looked like a nun, but police say she had a bad habit. Margaret Bridges, 65, was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly helping two families …

December 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Thursday’s Washington Triple Choice: 117. Thursday’s Washington Keno: 2-3-8-15-22-27-30-33-35-39-46-51-53- 59-65-68-70-71-78-80.

December 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A close ally of House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., acknowledged Thursday that the speaker gave untrue information to the House ethics committee in its investigation of a college course he …

December 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Marcello Mastroianni, who took the image of the sexy Italian lover and refined it with touches of humility, humor and wisdom in classics such as “La Dolce Vita,” died Thursday …

December 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A Justice Department task force probing allegations of Democratic campaign financing improprieties has expanded its investigation to include President Clinton’s legal defense fund. Department prosecutors Thursday subpoenaed records of the …

December 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Use of illegal drugs - especially marijuana - as well as cigarette smoking increased among U.S. teenagers again this year, continuing a troubling trend that began in 1991, according to …