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...parents' job to make sure their kids don't turn out that shallow. It's the parents who should be teaching their kids how to behave. That's not my responsibility. I'm not responsible for your kid." This provocative sound bite is served up during our first chat, in a hotel in Manhattan on Oct. 21, a few days before Spears begins her publicity swing through Europe - an interview that marks the start of our two-week, worldwide dash to keep up with her. At this point there is no sign of impending illness, but it's clear something...
...meeting, Crowe's publicist announced that her client had a surprise for me: he had rented a tall ship--like the one he captains in his new movie, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World--for the sake of a photo shoot and our introductory chat. It seemed a bit obvious--ship movie, ship interview--and I wondered if it wasn't a clumsy gesture designed to focus the conversation on knots and fathoms rather than more interesting matters like bar brawls and love affairs. But soon there were other surprises to ponder...
...Crowe emerged, having changed into loose-fitting Levi's and a dark sweater. He posed for a few more pictures and waved grandly to a boat across the way, joking, "My service to Australian tourism." Then he grabbed a bag of Doritos and sat down cross-legged for a chat about rugby. He was smart, funny and spontaneous. With his hair cut short, a week's worth of growth crowding his round face and his chubby hand digging in the chip bag, he looked like a very comfortable bear. After a while, Crowe suggested we paddle back to his apartment...
...second day of our acquaintance, Crowe pulled some strings and arranged for us to chat on the stage of Sydney's famed Opera House. It was a grand and generous gesture--a movie-star gesture--but like the boat and kayak it seemed designed to simultaneously impress, overwhelm and create some distance. Still, Crowe was interested in discussing how the game of celebrity hide-and-seek is played by others. Staring at the acoustical tiles he asked me, "Do you ever ask, when you're doing interviews with musicians, the what-are-your-influences question?" I do. "Because...
...deliberate. They designed it to insult the audience. No one, including the dancers themselves, could have found the skit funny." The Xi'an riots provide only the most recent evidence of the hostility and distrust some Chinese still harbor toward their neighbors to the East. In September, Chinese Internet chat rooms were inflamed over an orgy involving 500 Chinese prostitutes and 400 Japanese businessmen reported by state press to have taken place in the southern city of Zhuhai. Many Chinese assumed the businessmen were not merely indulging in vice, but had held the orgy as a premeditated slur...