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...what are the big fashion items for fall? On the runways of Milan and Paris last month capes, fur hats and over-the-knee boots were the accent items that will separate the serious fashion devotee from the merely stylish. Capes, either short and swinging or long and luxe, were featured at Prada, Fendi, Louis Vuitton and Chanel. Big fur hats, with or without tails trailing down the back, showed up at Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Blumarine and Louis Vuitton. And the boots? Try Roberto Cavalli, Celine, Chanel, Dries Van Noten, Dolce & Gabbana and, well, just about anyone. The trick...
...increasingly extravagant chaise-longues, she swivels her long legs like antennae. But when she speaks, her flat, ordinary delivery comes as a shock. Only in the grim final scene, when Lulu is reduced to working as a prostitute in a London cellar, does Friel let her natural Northern accent come through and seem suddenly energized. Too late...
...parking lot a vivacious woman caught my English accent and nodding her head toward a bearded man standing next to her, inquired if I knew that I was in the presence of a legend?! As it happens, I recognized the figure as '60s/'70s musician Dave Mason from previous encounters. The woman, one Laurie Henry (who described herself as his publicist), then proceeded to give me that purest of Hollywood art forms, the pitch: This parking lot encounter had been preordained. The movie "Traffic" had won four Oscars that night - and here I was standing with...
...prepare for the role, Jolie stuck to an aggressive regimen of kickboxing, canoeing, yoga and bed by 11 p.m. She affects a proper British accent for the film, something that may be a bit surprising to American theatergoers but that producers considered a necessity. "We're not trying to be Merchant-Ivory here," says Levin, "[but] Lara is as British as Bond, and the heritage is really important." In the film Jolie does nearly all her own stunts, which include bungee jumping, sword fighting, spear throwing, and even dogsledding in Iceland (which stood in for Siberia). "People...
...name's the first clue: Bloodshy's not the average Swedish pop producer. Born Christian Karlsson, he took his new name from an old Hollywood western whose title he can't recall. He's got a vaguely Jersey City accent. And his musical taste takes in everything from hip-hop - as a rapper, Bloodshy toured with the Fugees - to hard rock - Marilyn Manson is in his CD player...