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García Bernal attacks each role with ardor and exhaustive research. Preparing to play the young Guevara, he says, "for four months we were reading all the biographies, meeting people that met him, interviewing his family, studying leprosy, studying the economic and political cultures of Argentina and Peru. I went...
To get the sensation of being transported to other places and cultures through the unique language of comix, look no further than Craig Thompson's "Carnet de Voyage" (Top Shelf; 224 pages; $15). Creator of the lauded and successful graphic novel "Blankets," Thompson's introductory insistence that "Carnet" is not...
A more fertile area for Latham has been his personal pitch for rebuilding a sense of community. Amid material prosperity, he says, there's social isolation, frustration, depression, work stress and broken relationships. He has advocated that government sponsor mentoring for troubled boys and provide parenting-skills classes to help...
Olympian Heights The ideals of the Olympic games are certainly worthwhile: sportsmanship, athletic prowess and opportunities for people from many nations and cultures to meet [Aug. 30]. What's wrong is the goal of constantly setting new world records, on which most athletic competitions, including the Games, are based. That...
In a new memoir with sportswriter Ric Bucher, Yao: A Life in Two Worlds, Houston Rockets center Yao Ming reflects on straddling two cultures--at 7 ft. 5 in.