Word: cult
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...lighter note, I understand you're a fan of The Big Lebowski, a cult classic in the States. Do you have a favorite scene...
...happen. First comes courage. Dean never would have had his bonfire if he hadn't opposed the invasion of Iraq in clear, plain, inspiring English. Even then, Dean had trouble stoking the fire: the campaign was failing long before his fatal Iowa mating call. It had become a campaign cult, too enamored with itself, with too much blabber about the money being raised on the Web and not enough about issues other than Iraq...
...tight writing, shorts are often wittier than features. And because they don't have to make back a massive amount of money for investors, they're often grittier. It's hard to imagine this year's darkly original Sundance Jury Award winner, Everything Will Be OK, in which cult animator Don Hertzfeldt's signature stick-figure character, Bill, faces an existential crisis, coming out of the studios that deliver a new twist on celebrity-voiced animals every three months...
DIED. Ian Richardson, 72, veteran Scottish actor whose rich portrayals of Shakespearean schemers set the tone for his most famous role, the immoral British Parliament member Francis Urquhart on British TV's satirical cult hit House of Cards; of unknown causes; in London. As an oily politician, he created a catchphrase used for reporters and others--and jokingly cited by real-life leaders worldwide. "You may very well say that," he would answer an inquisitor before quickly adding, "I couldn't possibly comment...
...saying nasty stuff and the next, I turn into father mode,” he says. Just as the Olsen Twins have separated themselves from their “Full House” days, Saget seems to have cultivated a persona distant from Danny Tanner and earned a cult following with his turns in “The Aristocrats” and “Entourage.” “People ask me, ‘Is that what you’re like at home? Sitting around with women, smoking a bong...