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...snowed almost 2 ft. in upstate New York--wet, gluey snow so weighty that it brought down trees across power lines and left our farmhouse in the dark and cold for three days and nights. We huddled under five blankets and a 40-lb. dog and read by the light of oil lamps...
...November 2003 al-Tamimi was arrested by U.S. forces and tossed into Abu Ghraib on the outskirts of Baghdad, where, he says, he endured forms of torture similar to those displayed in the infamous photographs from the prison--including being chained at the neck and dragged around like a dog. While these claims cannot be verified without knowing his real name, al-Tamimi showed TIME scars on his leg that appeared consistent with lashing by electrical wires. He also says the stint in prison made him more religious. By the time al-Tamimi emerged nine months later, Saddam had been...
...attempts to take a “mental snapshot” of Drew and mimes an invisible camera. Such a cutesy representation of internal thought should never again be enacted on film—ever. Bloom and Dunst perform well together, but inconsistently. Bloom’s brown puppy-dog eyes are capable of more than just weakening the knees of 13-year-old girls; here, they convey a lot of subtle emotion. He can do many variants of caged and restrained, but nothing for exuberance. Dunst can be endearing, but often becomes annoying (and needs to figure...
...songs. The vortex left the dancers so dizzy they could only jump. And just when it felt never-ending, the band rushed off stage, begging an encore and teasing the masses. Not a minute later, to the thundering of a thousand palms, they rushed back on with Dr. Dog (the opening artist, who looked like Kid Rock as a Parliament backup dancer) in tow.With the instruments finally almost outnumbered, together, the musicians launched into “Do the Whirlwind.” Rising a meter from the ground, The shoes (now warm and soft and a little more worn...
...themselves were among Park’s first creations, brainstormed as part of a graduate project while he was still a student at the National Film and Television School in London. Initially, Gromit was envisioned as a cat, but underwent a transformation when Park realized “a dog was just easier to make.” Park relished his new creations: Wallace, an inventor whose light bulbs are always a little dim, and Gromit, his faithful companion, whose silence belies his ingenuity. Park liked that the situation was “almost like a role reversal, with...