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Screen legends Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine have always had one problem: each other. Now in their nineties, the antagonism goes on. Rupert Cornwell reports
Whatever happened to Olivia and Joan? Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine that is, among the brightest jewels of 1940s Hollywood, Oscar-winners both but also sisters locked into an ancient sibling rivalry that, according to accounts from the tinsel city, is alive and well even though both are now in their 90s, grandes dames from a vanished era.
Eight decades or more, you would have thought, is time enough to let bygones be bygones. But in this sad, remarkable but all too human instance, the answer appears to be, no. A couple of weeks ago, the Academy of Motion Pictures which organises the Oscars held a bash honouring the late actress Bette Davis on the 100th anniversary of her birth. In so doing, they unwittingly laid bare this celebrity feud for the ages.
Naturally, Joan and Olivia, among the closest surviving contemporaries of Bette Davis were invited. According to insiders, Olivia – who lives in Paris – at first let it be known she could not manage so long a trip. Upon learning her sister would not be coming, Joan agreed to attend. Then Olivia decided after all she would be there in person to commemorate Davis, her friend with whom she had worked in films such as Hush Sweet Charlotte. So Joan in the end took a pass. There are some wounds, it seems, that time cannot heal.
That Bette Davis was indirectly responsible for this latest contretemps, is fitting. If the real-life sibling rivalry between Hollywood stars has any equivalent on the silver screen, it is in the brilliantly macabre Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? that Davis made in 1962 with a rival of her era, another Joan, this one Joan Crawford.

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OCEANSIDE – Gage Castillo knew he wanted to be a successful businessman, but he didn't expect it to happen overnight.
As a senior in the virtual enterprise class at Ocean Shores High School, he got the idea to start his own Web site development business. The company took off so fast that he still hasn't had time to build his own site.
“If you want to learn how to start your own business, this program is ground zero,” said Gage, who was the vice-president of marketing for his class project.
In the class, students learn business principles by developing a business plan for a virtual company and then managing it.
“These are really great kids and they take ownership in what they do,” said teacher Vernal Cole. “And that's what I instill in them – take pride in what you do.”
Cole has a lot to offer the students as a retired Marine with a bachelor's degree in finance, a master of business administration degree. and a real estate license.
Although virtual enterprise is offered in traditional high schools, there was resistance to giving approval for a program at Ocean Shores, which caters to students who are credit deficient or are teen parents.
“Our Principal, Peg Cowman, and the (Regional Occupational Program) coordinator Peggy Miller pushed hard to bring the program here,” said acting Principal Charlotte Turner. “Ms. Cowman was the driving force and said it could be successful. It paid off.”
Each year about 50 students apply for 25 seats in the class. This year, Ricky Garhartt, now a senior, functioned as the chief executive officer.

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