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This enchanting chatterbox, with the round face and electrified hair of a Madrid muppet, makes you believe the oldest myth of cinema: that the magic is real, that movie people in person are as delightful, as bigger-than-life, as they are on the giant screen. Thus the truest compliment to pay his movies--those tangy, nourishing stews of bent men and brave women, of comedy and melodrama, passion and grief--is to say they are every bit as beguiling as he is. And the only thing to say about his new film, All About My Mother, is that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Loving Pedro | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...fair--is not the only politician who is lending us her ears. "Listening" has become mandatory in a state-of-the-art campaign, regardless of the candidate's party or ideology. As he was preparing his campaign, George W. Bush made clear he wasn't going to be a chatterbox, either. "I need to go out and listen to what people have to say," he said, by way of explaining why he refuses to tell us what he has to say. At events in Iowa and New Hampshire, Bill Bradley enters the room and announces, "I'm here to listen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now They're All Ears | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

...current position at Slate where he edits the "Chatterbox" column, Kaus has returned to his journalistic roots: the column, which he calls "fun," allows its writers to indulge conflicts of interest--but this time Kaus has to disclose his connectedness to the day's issues...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Marxist to Welfare Reformer | 6/2/1998 | See Source »

...Village, takes on the overeager graduate student Lisa Morrison (Felicity Jones) as her assistant and tutee. Lisa is awed by the impressive Ruth, who has published a respected body of short stories and who embodies a long-standing New York literary tradition Though Lisa starts out as an insecure chatterbox, both women soon emerge as uniquely witty, charming personalities. Their interaction provides plenty of sparkling, funny dialogue, especially about the challenges and peculiarities of life as a writer...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Proteges and Powerplays in Cartier's `Stories' | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

...playground, in any nursery school, Brittany Abshire and West Redington would blend in perfectly with the other kids and the schoolyard clamor. Brittany, 2 1/2, is a chubby, mischievous chatterbox, and West, who turned one in August, is a grinning, inquisitive toddler who loves clambering up steps and the back of the sofa. As far as the world can see, there is nothing special about either of them. Wonderfully ordinary though they may be, however, young West and Brittany were conceived under extraordinary circumstances by parents who could barely believe the feat was possible. Just five years ago, in fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW TO COAX NEW LIFE | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

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