Word: conly
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...more than 50 films depicted the rebirth of Italy in the wake of World War II, a theme that director Dino Risi explored with nuance, carefully balancing tragedy and humor. With his breakout film, 1962's Il Sorpasso, about the unlikely friendship between a law student and a gregarious con artist, Risi became one of Italy's most accomplished directors, earning two Oscar nominations for 1974's Profumo di Donna, the tale of a blind war veteran able to distinguish women by their perfume. It was remade in 1992 as Scent of a Woman, starring Al Pacino. Risi...
...defer to Hayden on Saudi Arabia, but when it comes to Iraq, Hayden betrayed his belief in the neo-con lie that Iraq was one of al-Qaeda's bases before the 2003 invasion and still is today. Can no one drive a stake into a lie that suckered us into a war we didn't need? Probably...
...room of the Hotel Majestic in Barcelona. It was the summer before my senior year and I was celebrating the end of my 10-week magazine internship in New York with a week spent gloriously feasting on Spanish delicacies—salty chorizo and ripe pan con tomato, crispy croquettes and hot patatas bravas, washed down with sugary shots of melacoton...
...energy drink business. Recently I just saw that Crunk drink is real hot and they're making a lot of money. The only thing I ever quit that I had invested a lot in and I could've made a lot of money at [was] the energy drink Def Con 3. It was supposed to be a healthy drink and all and I let go of it; there were too many things going on. I wish I hadn't quit, but if I hadn't, I probably wouldn't have done other stuff. Everything is in perfect order, really...
...studio execs had any lingering doubts after casting Downey in Iron Man, they must have been soothed when comic-book fans greeted him ecstatically at last summer's Comic-Con in San Diego. A conventiongoer, dressed in a medical costume, strode up to a microphone at the Marvel panel and told Downey, "You've always been one of my favorite actors because we kind of share the same difficult past, if you know what I'm saying." To which a deadpan Downey replied, "Are you a war veteran too?" When asked why he dodged the kid's obvious search...