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...crime involves a member of the House of Lords, Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong, his hair shaped in a shiny black cap that makes him look like one of the Fisher Price little people), with a penchant for the perverse and the supernatural. He's caught by Holmes in the film's opening scenes in the middle of some Satanic ritual and condemned to death by hanging, but threatens to return from the grave. Holmes' favorite dangerous lady, "the woman," Irene Adler is also on hand. She's played by Rachel McAdams, who is saucy and fetching...
...Goldman, was waiting for him inside. Sean cried as his Brazilian relatives and family lawyer tried to get him through the scrum. He carried his luggage and wore a gold shirt with the Brazilian flag and Olympic rings underneath. Goldman didn't speak as he was led from a black SUV across the street to the consulate. His maternal grandmother, Silvana Bianchi, said in tears that "this is a very difficult moment...
Dunkleberger is a member, but it is a status that even his close co-workers are unaware of. Solovy clams up after mentioning that he holds one of these cards. "It's very valuable. It's black," he says. "It gets you priority on the standby list and gives you upgrades if you need them." But then silence. Next topic please...
Parents waited in line seven hours to get into Toys "R" Us in Times Square when it opened at midnight on Black Friday, in search of Zhu Zhu hamsters, priced at a recession-friendly $8 but commanding 10 times as much on eBay. Robot rodents are an improvement, I suppose, from some fads past: in the mid-1800s, the hot toy was the naked, china Frozen Charlotte doll, modeled on a girl who went out to a party one winter night without her wrap because she wanted everyone to be able to admire her pretty dress; by the time...
...nail house" has become a symbol of China's growth - as ubiquitous as new black Audis and smog-choked skies. It is a property whose owner refuses to make way for redevelopment, and thus sticks up like a nail among the rubble of a demolished neighborhood. As China's economy has boomed, cities have undergone rapid transformation. Old neighborhoods are torn down and rebuilt with remarkable speed. And while some homeowners come away with substantial compensation and improved accommodations when their former residences are demolished, complaints of underpayment or outright corruption are frequent. Official investigations have uncovered more than...