Word: chameleon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...though I still haven't decided how I feel about the embellishments concocted by writer-director Anthony Minghella to update this compelling tale of 1950's class envy and blossoming psychosis. The outlines of the story are the same in both versions: Tom Ripley (Matt Damon), a poor, smart chameleon, comes to Italy under false pretenses and insinuates himself into the wealthy life of prodigal Dickie "Ouch!" Greenleaf (Jude Law). Dickie's not always as naughty as the name suggests, but sometimes he's far worse. Jude Law is the consummate self-involved prick; he's best when playing dissipated...
Branch, meanwhile, appreciates the versatility of her background, saying that she is like a "chameleon...
Different kinds of blood cells, red and white, come from a single kind of stem cell in bone marrow. These chameleon-like stem cells transform themselves into whatever kind of blood cells the body needs. The skin and liver have their own stem cells. "Maybe there is a brain stem cell, a mother cell that gives rise to all types of brain cell," Snyder says he wondered. "I wanted to find this cell and harness it to repair injured brains...
...said the American public must acknowledge the chameleon-like side of politicians who are guided by poll percentages and use this as the main way to learn about how the public feels on certain issues...
...apparently vengeance is well dressed this year. In her first big screen role, the 22-year-old daughter of director Martin Scorsese and author Julia Cameron wears gowns by Christian Dior designer and fashion darling John Galliano. As for her own fashion sense, Cameron-Scorsese says she's a chameleon, having split time between New Mexico with her mom and New York with her dad. As a child she had bit parts in Scorsese films. Would she like to work with her father again? "Of course," she replies. "What actor in her right mind wouldn...