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Anne Francis invites you to start looks like we'll really have to November: Toy Story 2, End of Days, Sleepy Hollow, the Millennium in style with her learn how to program our The World Is Not Enough. limited-edition calendar. VCR. Or maybe get an alien December: Stuart Little, Galaxy Quest, The Bicentenni- al Fantasia FORBIDDEN DATES teenager to do it. Man, 2000, The Green Mile, Scream 3, The Ninth Forbidden Planet fans can start the Gate. next Millennium in style with the January 2000: Supernova, Lost Souls. new Anne Francis Year 2000 limited- February: Pitch Black. edition calendar. On the all-color cover, Spring: The Road to El Dorado, Flight 180, Frequency, The Crow: Salvation. Dinosaurs, the Forbidden star is seen in several Summer: The Hollow Man, X-Men, The Adventures ofRocky & Bullwinkle, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, scenes from the MGM space classic, Chicken Run, Battlefield Earth, Titan A.E. Fall 2000: the on Forbidden Planet poster art and in a How Grinch Stole Christmas, Kingdom of the Sun. more recent shot, being reunited with December 2000: Minority Report, 2001: A Space Odyssey (re-release). her cuddly co-star Robby the Robot. The black & white interior features 12 vintage publicity shots of the cult actress (each appropriate for that month) and a dozen of her poems. A portion of the pro- ceeds will go to charity. It's $30 (money orders) to P.O. Box 3282, Palm Desert CA 92260—or check out her website www.annefrancis. net WHATEVER HAPPENED TO... Roger Rabbit? He couldn't disap- pear unless it was funny. sotaes his l3c!<-dfcoverings ^rabi«n CAilSE TMEV HPD WO CLUE WHERE ToPLUG HM Three^Ho — — COMICS SCENE GENRE PEOPLE Famke Janssen has joined the X-Men cast. Screenwriter Ed (Starship Troopers) Neumeier She'll play Jean Grey (a.k.a.