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That's the mood the Mamma Mia! movie tries to tap, but with a sledgehammer. The cast, especially the older women, is given to giggles and girlish body language. You're meant to think everyone making the film had a great time, so you should too. At one point, Streep shouts, "Let's go have fun!" But the bonhomie is oppressive; the high spirits are not impromptu but imposed: Listen, people, you vill haff...
...environment, spending, government reform and other issues, McCain remains at odds with Bush. And the corporate ethos of this Administration would be replaced by something dramatically, and perhaps chaotically, less programmed. And yet most voters aren't going to forget their feelings about the current President when they cast their ballots in November. After McCain secured his party's nomination in March, he visited the White House to receive a Rose Garden endorsement from the President. "Dutiful" did not begin to describe the event. But McCain needed Bush's blessing to help him shore up support among conservatives...
Lastly, I’ve realized that I’m a man adrift. Living in D.C. has cast doubts on my assumption that I would work in Boston or Hartford after college. Unfortunately, pondering a life here raises more questions: What will I do next summer? Should I try someplace else? Wasn’t summer when I was supposed to ignore these things? I keep waiting for a spasm of homesickness, when the violins trill, the clarinets wail, and I suddenly remember how much I miss home. But it never comes. And the most frustrating fact is that...
What movie or TV cast has had the biggest impact on fashion? -Amy Deschenes, BOSTONSex and the City. Absolutely, hands down. Thank you, Sarah Jessica Parker...
...Russian ballerina Irina Baronova had already won critics' hearts, thanks to famed choreographer George Balanchine. He launched the young dancer's career when he cast her in a 1931 performance of the operetta Orpheus in the Underworld. Baronova went on to perform in ballets such as Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, but she is best known for touring the world with two other young Balanchine protégés. The trio, known as the "Baby Ballerinas," was hugely popular in the 1930s. Baronova...