OLYMPIA DUKAKIS TO HOST HEART-WRENCHING HEART SCREENINGS

OLYMPIA DUKAKIS TO HOST HEART-WRENCHING HEART SCREENINGS

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- What does the flick "Steel Magnolias" have to do with women's cholesterol levels? Not much -- until now. Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis is launching a cholesterol awareness program where women are invited to watch a free screening of her heart-wrenching flick "Steel Magnolias" and then have their cholesterol screened. Dukakis says she decided to host the so-called "Touching Hearts" campaign after her own cholesterol levels soared and she found out how high of a risk women have for heart disease. The actress will travel to 14 cities for the heart- wrenching heart screenings -- the first of which happens today in New York.