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...setting: the decrepit seaside resort of Blackpool, whose own mayor admits it's "a bit dated." The gathering: Britain's Conservative Party, whose members' dominant hair color is silver. The theme for their annual conference last week: "Today's Britain, Tomorrow's Conservatives." Like the whole scene, the slogan had an awkward edge, implying the Conservatives on hand today are not really a match for the problems of today's Britain. After three big defeats by Labour, even the proudest veterans of Margaret Thatcher's revolution must be wondering whether deliverance will ever come. And despite a surprisingly sparkling convention...
Like an indecisive interior decorator, Germany has been mulling gaudy color schemes for its new coalition. Yet even if this week sees a final choice - pairing Christian Democrat black with Social Democratic red - the government will appear oddly colorless. Missing from any Cabinet will be the country's brightest politician, Joschka Fischer, 57, Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor since 1998. The street-fighting iconoclast who settled happily into a role at the peak of the German establishment, and whose international fame and personal popularity always seemed out of kilter with the modest size of his Green party, has retired from...
Shot in black and white, with a nice sense of how claustrophobic studio TV production was in its early days, it looks interesting and attractive enough. The lack of color allows Clooney to seamlessly integrate authentic footage of McCarthy and some of his victims into his story. You get a terrific sense of what a sneering, whining bully McCarthy was, an equally good sense of how utterly unthreatening his victims were. On the other hand, a film (or kinescope) clip is still just a clip. The figures are just images. They have almost no human interest--no motivating foibles...
...RELIGION Raised a Catholic, Miers joined the Valley View Christian Church, an evangelical congregation in suburban Dallas, in 1979. Nathan Hecht, a conservative Texas judge, introduced her to the church, which is unequivocal in its opposition to abortion and homosexuality. While Miers' faith could color her approach to issues ranging from school prayer to assisted suicide, Hecht and Valley View's minister say she would not necessarily back the church's positions in her rulings from the bench...
...upholsterer on speed dial. Effusive, couch-hopping star TOM CRUISE and his fiancé of four months KATIE HOLMES announced to PEOPLE magazine that they are expecting a baby. From the beginning of their speedy courtship last spring, the couple's photo-ready displays of affection, simultaneous summer blockbusters and color-coordinated public appearances have inspired skeptics to dismiss the relationship as a publicity stunt and dub the couple TomKat. But if it is a stunt, they're both very committed to it. One thing's for sure: they won't need to send out birth announcements...