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Because, as a rule, Europeans have ceased to believe in themselves and their civilization. This might sound like a hokey line from a Disney movie, but it is generally true. A hundred years ago, Europeans were a deeply religious people, deeply committed to Christian beliefs and to spreading the Good News throughout the world. This belief was not, however, necessarily religious; there is also an important tradition of secular belief in the superiority of European culture, in the mission civilatrice, and in a duty to make the world a better place. Even the Soviets, for all of their manifest flaws...
Jasmine, Ariel, Belle...choosing the foxiest Disney babe is a never ending debate. Agreeing on the most attractive animated female lion, however, is easy: Nala, Simba’s irresistible and sassy childhood playmate and later romantic counterpart in the Lion King. And the inspiration for Hollywood’s hottest lion lives in Currier House. When she was eight years old, Disney cast Chelsey Forbess ’07 as the voice of young Nala. But after she had recorded her lines, movie’s producers decided that Forbess’ voice sounded too much like that...
...feel bad for Berkner. It's cool to play preschool. Deborah Harry of Blondie has a Disney-label duet with Perry Farrell, who is better known for his not-so-Disney work with the bands Jane's Addiction and Porno for Pyros. Dan Zanes, former front man of the Del Fuegos, now makes albums with little gold PARENTS' CHOICE AWARD stickers on the covers. They Might Be Giants, whose adult tunes have titles like Your Racist Friend, now has an album about the alphabet. And with Jamarama, little ones even have their own Lollapalooza--a traveling music festival with sippy...
...more satisfying dish had Firth lived happily ever after with Thompson, rather than with a woman 15 years his junior. Unless charged to entertain a five-year-old, skip “Nanny McPhee” and check out “Love Actually” or the Disney classic, “Mary Poppins,” from your nearest Blockbuster...
...like me, were born in the mid-to late ’80s, you’ve probably encountered the story of Pocahontas—which serves as the basis for “The New World”—at least once, in the endearingly simple Disney movie featuring the voice of Mel Gibson as a kind-yet-heroic John Smith.Now Terrence F. Malick’s ’65 (“The Thin Red Line”) “The New World” has brought Pocahontas to theaters once more, and though...