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...concerned with social status, background, accent, race, religion, gender, disability or anything else of that nature," the website stated. "The most important quality that we are looking for is high academic potential, i.e. an intelligent, enthusiastic and energetic interest in your subject...
...Bill and Ted, the movie Clueless, and Tom Cruise's performance in Far and Away--which required a stereotypical Irish accent--are all points on the course syllabus, and clips of popular cartoon shows are regular features in lecture...
Harris finally turned in Hannibal in 1999. De Laurentiis quickly bought the book for $10 million. "Worth every penny!" says De Laurentiis, whose English is obscured by his ornate Italian accent. After six decades in the movie industry (his credits include La Strada, Barbarella and the 1990 remake of The Desperate Hours, in which Hopkins co-starred), De Laurentiis is, like Hannibal, unstoppable. Asked what would have happened if his old friend Hopkins had turned down the sequel, he answers quickly, "We open with Hannibal in plastic surgery...
...have to pay for their own equipment, their bullets and handcuffs. The system doesn't provide money for uniforms, for shoes. They get peanuts for a paycheck." Del Toro, who lived in Puerto Rico until he was 12, also studied with a dialect coach to master the rural Mexican accent. "I wanted it to be country, like mountain Mexico," he says, "instead of like Taco Bell or Speedy Gonzales...
...always been our goal to get a restaurant together," Hopkins says, speaking in a soft Irish accent. "We started saving about a decade ago and this year, we were just able to pull it together financially...