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...Michael Blakemore?s direction gives the piece a racing pulse, as if to underline that this is a comedy of duplicity. As Frayn?s classic farce ?Noises Off? showed the performance of a play on stage, then from backstage, ?Democracy? reveals the public face of Brandt?s Ostpolitik and the inner scheming of Guillaume and the other top staffers, who are loyal but scarcely more likable. The you-break-my-neck-I?ll-break-yours pace stirs suspicions that the play is more bustling than profound. I prefer Alan Bennett?s two one-acters, ?An Englishman Abroad? (about Brit superspy...
...BALER, THE PHILIPPINES: The classic surfing scene in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now was filmed at this little seaside town. Possibly as a result, it is now home to a small but fanatical community of around 50 surfers. Recommended is Sabang beach with its easy-to-manage left and right wave breaks. Inquire at the beachside Bay's Inn resort, tel: (63-42) 410 0643, about lessons and board rental. October to February see surfing conditions at their prime...
...generation or two, old-fashioned powder compacts have seemed somewhat, well, old-fashioned. But now that ladylike style rules the runways, pressed powder is back in vogue, with hipsters searching flea markets for vintage compacts and cosmetic companies giving makeovers to classic powder products. La Prairie has added cellular antiaging treatments, Kanebo includes silk, and retro Paul & Joe Face Powder contains radiance-boosting pearls. "Pressed powder is a great eraser for any mistake," says makeup artist Trish McEvoy of her Even Skin compact. Stila offers a choice with its powder duo?one side is matte, the other shimmery?while Lola...
...film] has a lot to do with the nature of wanting to be famous," says Scorsese, "the nature of wanting to be a star." Beyond that, though, he sees his flyer in classic terms: as Croesus or Midas, with a golden curse, or as Icarus, flying too close to the sun on waxy wings. Above all, The Aviator, expensively set in the America of the 1920s, '30s and '40s, promises to be as grandly aspiring as its subject, and this being a Martin Scorsese film, full of grim foreshadowings as well. "The seeds of his own destruction are right inside...
...restore your sense of wonder For a generation or two, old-fashioned powder compacts have seemed somewhat, well, old-fashioned. But now that ladylike style rules the runways, pressed powder is back in vogue, with hipsters searching flea markets for vintage compacts and cosmetic companies giving makeovers to classic powder products. La Prairie has added cellular anti-aging treatments, Kanebo includes silk, and retro Paul & Joe Face Powder contains radiance-boosting pearls. "Pressed powder is a great eraser for any mistake," says makeup artist Trish McEvoy of her Even Skin compact. Stila offers a choice with its powder...