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...music video to the list of art forms he has conquered.In the video for Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice,” the screen veteran sashays as if a Lord of the Dance title depended upon it. Helmed by big-shot director Spike Jonze, of “Being John Malkovich” fame, the video is a compendium of quintessential Walken moments, as the veteran actor glides, taps, leaps, and literally flies through the frame. The video opens up to a suit-clad Walken sitting alone in an empty hotel lobby. The music...
...researched all of the law scenes. I got the idea because one of my sisters is a lawyer in the city, and also a very close friend of ours is big-shot partner at one of the London law firms. I got inklings of their lives just from knowing them through all these years. It seemed like the perfect job [for Samantha]. When I first heard about time sheets from this friend and my sister, I was just so gobsmacked. I thought, you have to do what!?! I thought they were joking. They have to write down everything they...
...facto Prime Minister are largely given free reign to run their respective dicasteries. Many insiders note that ultimately groundshifting decisions must get a Papal green light, which means John Paul's trusted personal secretary, Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz (pronounced Geevish), perhaps wields more power than any of the big-shot Cardinals. Dziwisz - who started working for the future Pope in 1966 when he was Archbishop of Cracow - sleeps next door to the Pontiff and is by his side virtually every waking moment...
...big-shot lefty world leader without knowing how to talk to the people. Or how to multitask. So in between meeting President Bush, negotiating with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and helping run a war, British Prime Minister TONY BLAIR carved out some quality time for that iconic, yellow-hued American family, the Simpsons. In the episode "The Regina Monologues," slated to air next fall, HOMER and his brood take a holiday to England, rear-end the Queen's car and get travel advice from Blair, who recorded his lines one weekend earlier this month in Britain. According...
Consider the logic. Imagine you’re Mick, the big-shot basketball player with the hottest girl in town. Maybe you’re not the nicest guy in the world but, hey, you’re a big-shot basketball player with the hottest girl in town; people should cut you some slack. Now along comes this once-humble and talentless Alex P. Keaton lookalike who is turning himself into a werewolf all over the place. To make matters worse, he is using his remarkable werewolf speed, strength and agility to become the most astonishing basketball player...