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...enlisting a more talented photographer. Photographer Anton Corbijn has been an important influence on the careers of people as diverse as David Bowie and Tricky, perfecting the superstar pose even while he pokes fun at it. Or at least that’s how I rationalize my love affair with his work. The truth is that the Corbijn’s cover of U2’s Joshua Tree album is indelibly associated with the album itself, which will forever have a place in my heart. For all the crassness of album art, I am reluctant to entirely swear...
...American patients used to thinking of a doctor's appointment as a private, one-on-one affair, the idea of a roomful of strangers discussing something as intimate as the progress of their pregnancy may seem strange. But look at it this way: Would you rather wait an hour or two to see your doctor for 10 minutes or meet at a prearranged time and see the doctor--along with up to 25 other patients--for two hours...
Much of the negativity stems from an insane gauntlet Crowe ran at the onset of fame, when, in short order, he had to deal with a highly publicized affair with Meg Ryan; rumored (and denied) trysts with Courtney Love, Jodie Foster, Nicole Kidman and Sarah Ferguson; countless apparent losses of temper; and a kidnapping threat serious enough that he needed a dozen security escorts with him on the night he won his Oscar. Crowe did not handle any of this particularly well. Instead of expressing amused bewilderment at the peculiarity of fame--a strategy Colin Farrell has perfected...
...MIDSHIPMAN HOLLOM (SPOILER ALERT). In the book he doesn't commit suicide but is presumed killed by a hand with whose wife he was having an affair...
...votes given southerners by their slave holders). He claims that the Western “truth” has shaped a society where women and ethnic groups are treated equally, while ignoring the fact that the governorships and Senate seats (as well as presidencies) remain a largely lilly white affair, not only in this country but in most enlightened western societies...