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Since Brokeback, he had been having general career success but personal distress. He had separated from Williams and had moved out of their sunny yellow Brooklyn home. At the same time he was receiving accolades for his performance in the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There and had completed filming his role as the Joker (a character Nicholson immortalized) in the new Batman movie The Dark Knight, a potential blockbuster. At the news of Ledger's death, Mel Gibson said, "I had such great hope for him. He was just taking off, and to lose his life at such...
Romano Prodi has had a long history of taking his political hits, brushing off his blue suit and getting back up for another day. But the former and current Italian Prime Minister may be about to suffer the knockout blow on a career that stretches back to 1978, when the ambitious economics professor became one of the youngest cabinet ministers in the country's history...
...more tough-minded. And much less immediately appealing. I walked out of the screening, over a month ago, admiring it, but not deeply moved. Yet the movie has stayed with me as a lot of the more heralded year-end films have not. There was a time in his career when Allen's lurches toward seriousness seemed to a lot of people unearned. He himself satirized that take on those films as early as 1980's Stardust Memories. But he's over 70 now - difficult as that is for some of us to believe - and he has fully earned...
McCain’s political career has been marked by a deep sense of idealism and integrity, shaped by a lifetime of diverse experiences. A veteran of the Vietnam War, McCain was held as a prisoner of war for more than five years, enduring endless torture and interrogation, and at times, being denied any medical treatment. This memory informs McCain’s stance on torture—he is unequivocally against it. This sets him apart from much of the Republican Party (and many of his opponents), whose view of what constitutes torture is much more narrow. McCain?...
...Office of Career Services, personal counseling session. Counselor: Well hello! Welcome to OCS. I’m glad you’ve come in by now; you’re starting a little bit late, but January of your first year is still a fine time to figure out what financial institution you’re going to work for. Wait, what? You’re a sophomore. (The counselor looks worried.) Oh dear. Well. I see. I...I’m sorry, I have to take a moment to collect myself. (Drinks deeply from a J.P. Morgan Nalgene bottle...