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1997 / THE YEAR IN PICTURES / Taking Our Best Shots
1997 / THE YEAR IN PICTURES / Taking Our Best Shots
By Jerry Carroll, Chronicle Staff Writer
FILE --Actor Chris , who spent four seasons on TV's ``Saturday Night Live'' and starred in several movies, is shown in this undated photo. , 33, was found dead in his Chicago apartment Thursday, Dec. 18, 1997. The cause of death was not immediately known. (AP Photo/HO, NBC)EDIE BASKIN
performs with the Rolling Stones at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pa., Sunday, Oct. 12, 1997. (AP Photo/Jim Graham)JIM GRAHAM
TINA TURNER 3/C/23MAY97/DD/LH-- OPENS FOR TINA TURNER at the Shoreline Amphitheater in concert while pregnant . Photo by Liz HafaliaLIZ HAFALIA
OPERA HOUSE 1/C/11JUN97/DD/MJM
Lotfi Mansouri takes a look at the renovation progress in the Opera House.
Photo by Michael MaloneyMICHAEL MALONEY
FILE-- is shown in this 1962 handout file picture in his role in "Cape Fear." Mitchum died in his sleep at his Santa Barbara County home Tuesday, July 1,1997. Mitchum, 79, who had been suffering from emphysema and was diagnosed in spring with lung cancer, died at 5 a.m., family spokesman Jerry Roberts said. (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, File)
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MICHAEL RICHARDS, JERRY SEINFELD, JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUSS AND JASON ALEXANDER
TAYLOR/C/25JUN97/DD/DF - , director of film, Dream With the Fishes. CHRONICLE PHOTO BY DEANNE FITZMAURICEDEANNE FITZMAURICE
FOR USE IN YEAREND EDITIONS--FILE--Princess Diana sits beside British pop star Elton John, center, being comforted by an unidentified man, as they attended the memorial Mass for fashion designer Gianni , in Milan's gothic cathedral, July 22, 1997. was slain outside his South Beach, Fla., mansion, July 15. (AP Photo/FILE/Luca Bruno)LUCA BRUNO
Pawing through the remains of the old year looking for relevance is a journalistic habit that's hard to kick. So that you don't have to read a bunch of words -- maybe you don't feel like it after last night -- we've selected some cool photos published during the past year.
That guy sitting in the surf with the fishbowl is Finn Taylor, director of "Dream With the Fishes," a gem of a movie buried last summer by all the blockbusters.
Opera boss Lotfi Mansouri gapes at the ceiling of the Opera House, which reopened after modernizing. That is grumpy art critic Robert Hughes leaning against the wall. His magisterial book on American art said it all -- well, certainly enough.
Photographer Jim Goldberg spent 10 years with street kids. His compelling exhibition "Raised by Wolves" was the result.
British violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy pub-crawled after a sensational night of Beethoven with the S.F. Symphony. Jill Cornell Tarter, shown with one of Stanford's big dishes behind her, was the model for the heroine of "Contact," a dull movie about the search for intelligent life far from here.
San Francisco comedian Rob Schneider nervously stepped onto the set of "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno." The pop-punk Hi Fives, riding a van, threatened to finally get famous but didn't.
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Famed violinist Yehudi Menu hin showed a new way to wear a tie at S.F. State. A year of tears for Elton John -- he was with Princess Diana at a service for the slain Gianni Versace. A few weeks later, he sang at Diana's funeral.
Two big rockers led their bands on tours. Bono's U2 didn't do as much business as expected, but Mick's Rolling Stones sure did.
Chris Farley died young, as expected. And this is the last season for the cast of "Seinfeld," one of the most popular comedies since they figured how to send pictures through the air.
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(1) INTO THE FISHBOWL: Independent Bay Area film director Finn Taylor's critically praised "Dream With the Fishes" landed at theaters in July.
art critic Robert Hughes gave a history of American visual culture in an eight-part special that premiered in May on PBS. Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle (5) STREET-WISE: Photographer Jim Goldberg brought homelessness home with an SFMOMA show in June that documented the desperate lives of street kids. Tim Kao / The Chronicle (6) FIDDLING AROUND: Violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy (right) sat in with
's character in "Contact," which opened in July. Michael Maloney / The Chronicle (8) TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT: Bay Area actor and "Men Behaving Badly" star Rob Schneider took anxious steps onto the stage as a guest on Jay Leno's "Tonight Show" in October. Russell Yip / The Chronicle (9)
, who died July 2 at the age of 89. Associated Press Actress Ellen DeGeneres (left) finally came out as a lesbian and found a mate in Anne Heche. Associated Press Tough-guy actor Robert Mitchum died just a day before Stewart, at the age of 79. Associated Press In the year of her own death, Princess Diana sat with Elton John at a memorial Mass in July for slain designer Gianni Versace. Associated Press Bono led U2 on the Irish group's gargantuan PopMart tour, which included two nights at the Oakland Coliseum in June. Reuters
and the Rolling Stones rocked the Coliseum for four shows in November as part of their "Bridges to Babylon" tour. Associated Press "Saturday Night Live" actor Chris Farley was found dead in his Chicago apartment December 18 at the age of 33. Associated Press Jerry Seinfeld (second from left, with
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