Funerals have gone from stone-cold to red-hot thanks to HBO's Six Feet Under. ''It's the big buzz in [our] industry,'' says Jacquelyn Taylor, president of the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science. Ditto at the fragrance counter, where Demeter's Funeral Home is a fast-selling parlor-inspired perfume. And it's not alone on the grave-y train:
THE UNDERTAKER Months ago, insiders figured the much-injured WWF star's career was D.O.A. But he's b-a-c-k. And he's sent his Old West-style coat to the boneyard, opting instead for jeans, biker boots, and a Harley. It's a killer makeover; meet Dead Man Riding.
SEX AND THE CITY When Miranda's mom dies, Carrie and Co. travel to Philadelphia in the interest of motherly love. Funereal girl Samantha gets a chance to reveal something other than her to-die-for body -- namely, that her emotions and tear ducts operate.
THE BURIAL In this in-the-works Warner Bros. flick, a Mississippi funeral-home owner refuses to roll over and play dead when a giant industry conglomerate cheats him. He sues instead. Quills writer Doug Wright adapted an award-nominated story by A Civil Action author Jonathan Harr.
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