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MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM'S LAST book wasn't supposed to be the next big thing. The Hours was an audacious, challenging, bittersweet literary novel arranged as an elegant theme-and-variations on Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, and Cunningham expected it to end up in the dustbin of quiet critical acclaim, just as his first three books had. Instead, The Hours won a Pulitzer Prize, and Nicole Kidman, playing Woolf, won an Oscar for the movie version...
...full-length album Antics, Interpol beat the sophomore jinx and begin to lay down roots as an indie institution. The New York quartet builds on the success of its debut, Turn on the Bright Lights, expanding musically while remaining faithful to the viscous, subversive recipe that won them critical acclaim in the first place. The new record finds the young band charged with composure and confidence, equipped with a welcome infusion of melodic complexity...
...science-and-technology center taking shape on the city's western edge. Sixty companies and 19 educational institutions--active in such fields as biotech, nanotech and environmental science--have settled there so far, and 2,500 new jobs have been created. Probiodrug, a biotech start-up that has won acclaim for its research on diabetes and acquired a clutch of lucrative licensing agreements with big pharmaceutical firms, is one of the early tenants. "Halle has a unique situation," says Probiodrug CEO Hans-Ulrich Demuth. "There's a strong university in the field of biosciences and a highly educated and motivated...
...terrorists"?Arroyo has been flaunting her decision to grant the kidnappers' demands and bring home the soldiers as a badge of honor. She crowed about De la Cruz's homecoming in her annual State of the Nation address, saying that Philippine lives are "held more dearly than international acclaim...
...film received widespread critical acclaim and saw two of its leading actors—Sean Penn and Tim Robbins—take home the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively...