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...Brown compares working on a presidential campaign in Chile to working in a “poor circus...
Twice-daily workouts had the team panting, but not protesting. Neyfakh gave special assistance to Evan R. Johnson. “He thought he was going to be really, really good at this stuff just because he knows a lot about the circus, but he has no idea what nuances are involved in the double, or even single axel toe-loop jump,” said Neyfakh. “I’m so sick of his attitude.” ALMOST THERE: 1 week. 6 hours. The lean, toned members of the FM dance team gathered over...
...embedding the musical scenes in a movie being shot inside his movie. Arty director Nie Wen (Cheung) is making a blockbuster musical in Shanghai, starring his longtime lover Sun Na (Zhou) and a hot Hong Kong idol, Lin Jian-dong (Kaneshiro). Nie's musical is set in a Chinese circus, which allows Chan to use acrobats, contortionists, fire-breathers, trapeze artists, clowns and dwarves to liven up the dance numbers. But the musical inside the movie is just a shadow play for the complex drama behind the scenes. Sun and Lin were lovers 10 years before. Lin has grown obsessed...
Treating the candidate’s answers as mere interludes to their next opportunity to speak, Banerji and Lee could perhaps be forgiven if somewhere in the midst of the circus, they had asked illuminating questions. Instead, they welcomed us to what they dubbed “the no-bullshit zone” by asking Gadgil, “Why do you want to be vice-president?” Unsatisfied with the response elicited by Banerji, Lee shot forth subsequently, “Why are you playing second-fiddle?” As if Gadgil didn?...
...this year. Warren said running while jogging—known as joggling—“makes the world a little more magical of a place.” Warren joggled in the race as part of an effort to raise $10,000 for the Afghan Mobile Mini-Circus for Children, where he studied laughter’s healing power. He said he also aims to break the Guinness records for “fastest 100 miles on a unicycle” and “most miles in one hour on a unicycle” to complete...