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...sporting beard and beret, found in so many dorm rooms and poetry lounges. This is Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (Gael García Bernal) in his mid-twenties, before he was Che. The film picks up Guevara’s life in 1951 as he embarks with his compatriot, Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) on his travels—powered, initially, by the namesake motorcycle, of course—bound for the southern tip of South America. He is a far more accessible figure, and his journey radiates a certain lost-soul aura to which even a hardened...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

...sporting beard and beret, found in so many dorm rooms and poetry lounges. This is Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (Gael García Bernal) in his mid-twenties, before he was Che. The film picks up Guevara’s life in 1951 as he embarks with his compatriot, Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) on his travels—powered, initially, by the namesake motorcycle, of course—bound for the southern tip of South America. He is a far more accessible figure, and his journey radiates a certain lost-soul aura to which even a hardened...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO HEADLINE | 10/15/2004 | See Source »

...letter promising CBS that he would show up for work, whereas Fox failed to sign the letter altogether. The network, in a heck of a negotiating ploy, fired them. For advice on how to find their way back from hit-show has-beendom, we suggest they get CSI: Miami compatriot David Caruso on a conference call, like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Try This for Blunt Force | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

...meters from where Guo was practicing, six-year-old girls from the city tossed themselves off the vertiginous diving platform, their tiny bodies tumbling through the air at up to 60 km/h. The girls were all wearing plain, baggy, black swimsuits, and some looked longingly at their famous compatriot in her sleek, purple suit with high-cut legs and a splash of sequins on the rear. One day, they might have been dreaming, they too could rise above the state and blossom into an exquisitely modern Chinese sports star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Heroes to Brands | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

...that had a lot of potential, but also a lot of unknowns with the loss of five key seniors last year.  In fact, Ruggiero began this season as the only remaining member from the 1999 national championship team and one of two remaining Olympians-compatriot sophomore Julie Chu being the other...

Author: By Gabriel M. Velez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ruggiero's Legendary Career Almost Over | 3/11/2004 | See Source »

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