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...years past, for injections of energy, Cannes would have looked to Europe, Latin America and Hollywood (or the off-Hollywood of independent U.S. films). But not to Asia. Throughout the '80s and '90s, everyone knew that movies from Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea and Thailand were unmatched for cinematic vigor?everyone, that is, except the tastemakers at Cannes and a few other highfalutin festivals. The Asian films they imprimatured tended to be the pensive sort that wore Art on their embroidered sleeves. It was as if the French wanted only those films that imitated the European Minimalist style rather...
...part because being Mr. Misery is a pretty good gig. (Quarry will probably enter in the Top 10, and his most recent solo tour sold out in--no joke--5 min.) He also knows he has done plenty to earn the title. As lead singer of the legendary '80s band the Smiths, Morrissey was quite possibly the unhappiest person in the world. What bonded him to his audience forever--and made him a prototype for Kurt Cobain--was his willingness to share. "There's no line between me and my material," says Morrissey. "If you claim to be a true...
...some directives cancel each other out - explaining that pedestrian safety rules will add weight to cars, while fuel efficiency directives anticipate lighter cars. Sighed a Ford spokesman: "We're piggy in the middle." But - to mix animal metaphors - is Ford crying wolf? "Think of the discussions in the late '80s about how the cost of controlling emissions would make cars more expensive," says Garel Rhys, head of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research at Cardiff Business School . "The figures that were bandied around turned out to be nothing of the sort." Rhys argues the industry is so competitive that when...
When Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi departed for North Korea last Saturday, it was the biggest gamble of his career. Koizumi's mission was to fly back with the relatives of five Japanese citizens whom North Korea abducted in the 1970s and '80s. When Koizumi returned to Tokyo later that same night with five of the eight family members, his gamble?at least in part?seemed to have paid off. Still left behind, however, was the family of 45-year-old abductee Hitomi Soga: her 64-year-old American husband, Charles Robert Jenkins, and their two daughters, 20-year...
...Barrino Holding Out for a Hero, the Bonnie Tyler anthem from Footloose. "That's the kind of song that gets you votes," said Lythgoe. It's easy to see why they felt that way: the song is dramatic, with big, brassy notes. It's also a gooey slick of '80s cheese whose histrionics aren't well suited to Barrino's funky style and slinky voice. (It's not really disco, either.) On the show, the judges singled out the song as a terrible choice, and Barrino finished second to last...