Word: beards
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Cologne, because it lifts my spirit, and shaving cream and a razor, because I can't stand my beard...
...were to create the perfect global pop star, the result would be nothing like Daler Mehndi. There's his look?black beard, bejeweled turban and belly surfing over his waistband. There's his halting English, his insistence on singing in Punjabi and his tongue-tangling name, pronounced "Dlurr Maindy." Then there are his '80s-style videos, pulsing with primitive arcade-game effects and joyful dancers in jumpsuits. And yet in the late '90s, fresh from a stint driving a cab in Berkeley, California, Mehndi became Asia's biggest-ever pop export...
...disdain for tobacco. He chided his mother for wearing Western-style clothes to work. Omar finally returned to Baghdad this spring, after the fall of Saddam's regime. When he showed up at the family home, his father's heart sank. Once clean shaven, Omar now wore a long beard, and his dishdasha, the traditional Islamic gown, fell several inches short of the floor. These are trademarks of Islamic fundamentalists...
...back, Shakr relied on Omar's childhood friends who were not religious zealots. They began to visit Omar, invite him out, go on joyrides and reminisce about old times. To his father's relief, the strategy seemed to be working. Omar shaved off the long beard he had grown. He even began wearing T shirts and jeans again, instead of the short dishdasha. Still, his father was worried, so he broached a sensitive subject with his son. Would he consider marriage if his parents could come up with the right bride? To Shakr's delight, Omar didn't hesitate...
...learned well: some of Krause's best scenes in Six Feet Under have him playing the easygoing dreamer who helps his tightly wound TV brother come out of the closet. The square jaw covered by a few days of beard, his perfect grin flashing, the California attitude--"He's a guy you're instantly prepared to like onscreen," says John Curran, who directed Krause in We Don't Live Here Anymore. With luck we'll see more of that guy--and less of the tortured victim--when Krause's blue period ends...