* Purley, several members of a fictional family in 1996's Secrets & Lies ( film )

Other roles during this period that displayed the actor's wide range included that of a crew chief in Days of Thunder ( 1990 ), a retiring cop in Falling Down ( 1992 ), an Hispanic barber in Wrestling Ernest Hemingway ( 1993 ), a New York tabloid editor in The Paper ( 1994 ), a rural doctor in Phenomenon ( 1996 ), an abusive father in 1996's Slingblade, an astronaut in Deep Impact ( 1998 ), a trail boss in Open Range ( 2003 ), a soccer coach in the comedy Kicking & Screaming, an old free spirit in Secondhand Lions ( 2003 ), a Las Vegas poker champion in Lucky You and a New York police chief in We Own the Night ( both 2007 ).

Subsequently, Big Mike was dropped and Willie D returned for 1996's critically acclaimed The Resurrection, and the 1998 followup Da Good Da Bad & Da Ugly, of which Bushwick Bill was not a part.

Hootie & the Blowfish appeared on MTV Unplugged on the eve of the release of their second album, 1996's Fairweather Johnson.

The follow-up, 1996's Another Level ( see 1996 in music ) was a breakthrough success due to the top single " No Diggity " ( with Dr. Dre ), which was a # 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1996, and won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best R & B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, along with the Top 40 hit " Don't Leave Me " which was a big hit in 1996.

The group had two charting singles, both from 1996's Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy ( both written by Roger Clyne and Brian Blush ): " Banditos " ( U. S. Mainstream Rock # 11, Modern Rock # 14 ), and " Down Together " ( Modern Rock # 38 ).

" That same month, Phil released Lights of Madrid, an album of Spanish-flavored instrumentals that included a re-recording of " Praise Dance " from 1996's On the Fly.

His most renowned album was 1996's A Irmandade Das Estrelas, which sold an unprecedented 100, 000 copies, and included collaborations with Nightnoise, Luz Casal, Tino di Geraldo, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill and Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, Kepa Junkera, Ry Cooder, The Chieftains, and Dulce Pontes.

His first feature film was 1996's Stealing Beauty, co-starring Liv Tyler.

James Berardinelli of the website ReelReviews wrote that the film was, “ As profound and intelligent as it is moving, and that makes this memorable motion picture one of 1996's best .” Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times spoke positively of the film saying that while the ending “… lays on the emotion a little heavily ” the movie had been up until that point “… a fascinating emotional and logistical puzzle — almost a courtroom movie, with the desert as the courtroom .”

Although this phenomenon is not as common today as it was in the 1970s, Canadian films do still sometimes cast famous foreign actors: Michael Caine starred in the 2003 film The Statement, Helena Bonham Carter played the lead role in 1996's Margaret's Museum and Olivia Newton-John has a starring role in the forthcoming Score: A Hockey Musical.

Livingston landed his first role in a major film in 1996's Swingers.

McElhone made her film debut in 1996's Surviving Picasso with Anthony Hopkins.

The success of and buzz around the film's soundtrack largely eclipsed the film itself, which was neither as commercially nor as critically successful as either Crowe's previous film, 1989's Say Anything ..., or his next film, 1996's Jerry Maguire.

His follow-up film, 1996's The Fan, starred Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin and Benicio del Toro.

Her first film role was opposite Val Kilmer in 1996's The Ghost and the Darkness.

For the rest of the decade he continued recording and performing as a solo artist, releasing several albums on Warner Brothers Records, such as 1996's Moss Elixir ( which featured the contributions of violinist Deni Bonet and guitarist Tim Keegan ), and the soundtrack from the Jonathan Demme-directed concert film Storefront Hitchcock in 1998.

In the interim, he focused on producing, and helped shepherd some of China's new generation of directors with their projects, including his former art director Huo Jianqi ( 1995's The Winner ) and the Sixth Generation mainstays, Lu Xuechang ( 1996's The Making of Steel in which Tian also acted ) and Wang Xiaoshuai ( 1998's So Close to Paradise, a film that would see its own share of controversy ).

The film was MGM's first theatrically released animated film since 1996's All Dogs Go to Heaven 2.

Voight next appeared in 1996's blockbuster Mission: Impossible, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise.

Both 1996's Spy Hard and 1998's Wrongfully Accused, a parody of James Bond films and The Fugitive, respectively, received more popularity on home video but were not well received by critics.

Although Koopa Troopa was replaced by Wario on the roster of 1996's Mario Kart 64, a friendly Koopa was given the role of the host of 1998's Mario Party for the Nintendo 64, proving that Koopa Troopas aren't necessarily all loyal to Bowser.

He also participated in the reunion of his former band Ten Minute Warning in 1998, and was credited with providing ' inspiration ' for the song " Never the Machine Forever " ( credited as being written by Kim Thayil ) on Soundgarden's studio album, 1996's Down on the Upside.

* " Mephisto ", a song by Moonspell on 1996's Irreligious ( album )

Brown left and was replaced by David Pajo ( formerly of Slint ) for 1996's Millions Now Living Will Never Die, which showed up on many year-end best of lists, and the 20 minute Djed was described by critic John Bush as proof that " Tortoise made experimental rock do double duty as evocative, beautiful music.

Starting with 1996's The Stendhal Syndrome, Argento's films have been generally poorly received by critics.

1996's critically acclaimed Suden Aika by Tellu Turkka saw a further return of runosong to the Finnish music scene.

Their third studio album, 1996's All the Nation's Airports, was considered far more accessible than their previous releases, and was the first to be distributed by a major label, Elektra Records ( the band was still signed to Alias Records, though ).

* In the story " On The Air " by Glenn Hauman in 1996's The Ultimate X-Men, Warren Worthington engages in a long interview.

Excited by the prospect of broader exposure, the crew eased further away from their educational pursuits and devoted themselves to completing a new album, 1996's Sequencer.

The city continued to be the target of attacks after this, including Katyusha rocket attacks by the PLO in July 1981, a Katyusha rocket attack by the PLO in March 1986 ( killing a teacher and injuring four students and one adult ), and further Katyusha rocket attacks by Hezbollah during 1996's Operation Grapes of Wrath.

Later that year " The Music I Like " ( her first Eurodance single since 1996's " Number One " was released across Europe, followed by " Keep On Movin '".

Their long-delayed third album, 1996's Rap's New Generation, was not well-received or supported by their label MCA, who had grown weary of internal differences between the Riley brothers and Davidson.

Supervised and designed primarily by Akifumi Kaneko and Takashi Fukushima, 1996's Wild Arms, while still retaining traditional two-dimensional characters and backgrounds, became one of the first role-playing titles released to showcase 3D battle sequences.

It remained there for another week and spent a total of six weeks in the top 75, two weeks longer than any other Generation Terrorists single, and a record not surpassed by the Manics until 1996's " A Design for Life ".

Kihn has written four horror fiction novels with the first being 1996's Horror Show ( nominated for the Bram Stoker Award ) followed by 1997's Shade of Pale .< ref >

During the recording of 1996's Down on the Upside, and the album's subsequent tour, he was endorsed by the Canadian custom outfit Ayotte, of which cohort Jeremy Taggart ( Our Lady Peace ) is a long-time artist.

Kain's character was originally conceived circa 1993 by Silicon Knights ' president, Denis Dyack, as the protagonist of The Pillars of Nosgoth, an initial video game concept for what would become 1996's Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain.

Her first three singles —" She Is His Only Need ", " I Saw the Light " and " No One Else on Earth "— all reached number one on the U. S. country singles charts, as did 1996's " To Be Loved by You.

In April 1996 the band released their debut album The Sun Is Often Out, which was declared one of 1996's 50 best albums by both Q and Melody Maker.

O ' Donnell followed with a starring role in 1996's The Chamber, based on the John Grisham novel.