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...Most great (and great-ish and not-so-great) art finds inspiration in what has come before, even if it's just in the eyes of the viewers. So in hopes of understanding the style and strut of Zohan - an undercover Israeli Mossad agent who leaves a life of violence to set up shop as a New York hairdresser - we take a look back at two other cult cinematic icons: Borat, and Jesus. (Full-disclosure: This kind of article was totally ripped off, er, inspired by Entertainment Weekly...
...pandas the new penguins? Has animal adorability traded in its dinner jacket for two black eyes? The answer is yes, on the evidence of DreamWorks' latest ani-movie, Kung Fu Panda. Taking as its source the same Hong Kong martial-arts films that inspired Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the new picture provides a master coursed in cunning visual art and ultra-satisfying entertainment...
...were more persuasively drawn; visually, he's the least interesting character. But the menagerie that surrounds him is a gorgeous one. And the movie's message - that strength and discipline can't be taught, but must be discovered within - has a wise heart that matches the movie's art. That's the secret ingredient for an animated feature. That and some sublime kung-furious panda-monium...
DIED During more than a quarter-century as director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Anne d'Harnoncourt became one of the most powerful and respected women in her field, driving a massive expansion-and-renovation project that helped turn the museum's collection of modern and contemporary art into one of the world's finest. Following in the footsteps of her father René d'Harnoncourt, noted director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, she presided over numerous widely praised exhibitions, including a large Paul Cézanne retrospective in 1996 and a showing of Salvador Dal?...
...outdoor sculpture in the U.S. Most of it just sits there sunning itself, pretty much unnoticed by the people who go by. Then there's Cloud Gate, by the artist Anish Kapoor, born in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and based in London. It's not just a work of art; it's a destination. Four years ago, it landed at Chicago's Millennium Park, where in no time it became an essential photo op. A fat, arching pillow of reflective steel, it's a giant fun-house mirror that bends people, clouds and the skyline into endlessly shifting puddles...