Word: actorly
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...best actor, New York and L.A. named Sean Penn for Milk; the NBR cited Clint Eastwood for Gran Torino, and D.C. pinned Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler. Best actress: Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky (New York and L.A.), Meryl Streep in Doubt and Anne Hathaway in Rachel. Supporting actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight (L.A. and D.C.) and Josh Brolin, Milk (New York and NBR). Supporting actress: Penelope Cruz as the passionate painter in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (NBR, New York, L.A.) and Rosemarie DeWitt as Rachel in Rachel...
...There's certainly no national figure - comedian or actor - who's known for doing Obama these days; that's for sure," says Matt Hovde, director of Chicago's famous improv group the Second City, where SNL alum and Sarah Palin stunt double Tina Fey got her start. "Someone's got to be ready to cash their ticket out there somehow...
...Take Iman Crossun, a 26-year-old Ohio native, who posted his first Obama impression three months ago. "I just thought it would be funny," Crossun told TIME from his new home in Los Angeles. His videos now draw hundreds of thousands of viewers, which prompted the aspiring actor to move to L.A. "As of yesterday, I finally have a manager," he said...
...Especially in the months before we got to know him, he was appealing to so many different groups that everyone saw what they wanted to," Hovde says. So instead of perfecting Obama impressions, the Second City's seven-actor ensemble each took turns portraying the Obama the performers wanted to see (white ladies included). "We tried to capture whatever it is we want to find in him, from gay Obama to homeless Obama to college-student-partying Obama," adds Hovde...
Another problem is that stimulants appear to increase users' desire subjectively, rather than satisfying it. While a heroin high is calming and lasts for several hours, cocaine and amphetamine feel different. As actor Robin Williams, an admitted ex-user, put it, cocaine makes you feel like a new man, and the first thing the new man wants is more cocaine. It produces excitement, not relaxation. And the concern is that a maintenance drug would have the same escalating effect...