Word: adams
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...There are three narratives: of Adam, a child rescued from an Indonesian orphanage by a Dutch painter, Karl; of Adam's brother, Johan, separated from Adam when a rich Malaysian couple adopted him from the same orphanage and took him to Kuala Lumpur; and of Margaret, a Jakarta-based American anthropologist. It is Margaret that the 16-year-old Adam seeks out when Karl is arrested in a drive to forcibly repatriate the Dutch...
...Indonesia in 1964 is teetering on the edge of civil war. Sukarno's "guided democracy" is in its death throes, and militant communism is on the rise. Jakarta is no place for an innocent such as Adam, who unknowingly gets roped into petty terrorism. Meanwhile, Johan, drifting aimlessly through a cushioned life of wealth, cars and soft drugs, cannot lay to rest the memories of his lost brother...
...American Idol is a referendum on American taste, then it's possible Adam Lambert--the most flamboyant contestant yet on a show that has never been a beacon of restrained masculinity--will be gone before you read this sentence. Pleasantly little fuss has been made over pictures circulating on the Web of Lambert kissing a man, but a form of prejudice could still do him in: prejudice against irony...
Photos by Meredith H. Keffer, Adam D. Sidman and Sara Joe Wolansky
...Finally, there's the man above the title. A genuine star who makes hit movies, Hanks has headlined 14 films with a domestic gross of more than $100 million - more than Will Smith (12) and Julia Roberts and Adam Sandler (10 each); only Tom Cruise can match that haul. But Hanks' films usually don't open with a big bang; audiences discover them over time, and by the end, he has a Forrest Gump. At 52, Hanks is not the ideal age for a teen kid's movie icon; his one starring role since Da Vinci, in Charlie Wilson...