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Never mind that when Anthony Hopkins went to audition for O'Toole the next day, the now sober actor didn't have a clue why he was there. Hopkins got the part, though, and since his debut as the petulant young Richard the Lion-Hearted in The Lion in Winter, he has turned out nearly 100 finely tuned performances for screens both big and small, including the egotistical artist of Surviving Picasso; the tragically flawed Commander in Chief of Nixon; the withdrawn butler in The Remains...
Secretary of State Colin Powell came into his job with sky-high public approval ratings and dazzling people skills, and both were on display during his department debut this week. His arrival for at 8:30 a.m. Monday for his first day on the job prompted a rousing celebration, as hundreds of cheering staffers crammed into the lobby area to welcome the new boss. Thursday, he got a standing ovation at a "town meeting" for employees beamed to embassies around the world. African-American employees seemed especially struck. One told Powell simply, "I would just like to thank...
...advertising built right into the content. Control, if indirectly, of network programming: as a rash of new reality TV (a term Burnett disdains) arrives, S2 lands like an 800-lb. kangaroo to battle NBC's venerable "Must-See TV" lineup. And control of the audience. Until the debut, Burnett and company plan to tease you to death about S2 and make you like...
Ritchie probably doesn't appreciate the irony, but all this personal chaos neatly reflects his work. Before he met Madonna, Ritchie was the filmmaker who picked up London by the scruff of the neck with his wild-eyed debut, the brilliantly messy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, a 1999 crime-caper comedy distinguished by rowdy camera work, shifting narrative and hysterical cartoon violence...
Some new inhabitants make their debut in Washington this month, and their coming-out parties are drawing crowds and long lines of gawkers. At the National Zoo, two panda bears are eliciting coos. While at the White House...