Word: egos
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...smart enough to satisfy whom? An employer who wants you to do your work by quitting time or one who wishes you had finished it yesterday? Being able to do what must be done is liberating, but being able to do whatever might be done (or whatever your driven ego or pushy boss might conceivably demand) can be enslaving...
...Wong Kar-wai's 2046, she plays a hardened gambler whose ego and heart get bruised one Christmas Eve. In Wong's contribution to the three-part film Eros, she is a notorious courtesan who loses her looks and luck over the course of two decades. In Memoirs of a Geisha, her first Hollywood film, she is Hatsumomo, tormentor of the heroine (Ziyi Zhang) and one of the greatest bitch goddesses since Bette Davis in her prime...
...Welles and Laurence Olivier, is that rarity, a behind-the-scenes look at famous people that acually rings true. An account of Welles' attempt to direct Olivier in a production of Ionesco's Rhinoceros is not just good showbiz dish but a real insight into two strains of artistic ego...
...rights, this spinoff of Stephen Colbert's supercilious Daily Show correspondent character should have have one good week in it, two, tops. But sharp writing and Colbert's wholehearted inhabiting of his blowhard alter ego showed that there's as much potential in mocking cable opinion shows as in the news itself. Like The Daily Show, the show is uneven -- between the pair, you've got 14 minutes of solid comedy every night -- but it's worth catching for Colbert's nightly editorial, "The W?rd," in which his bluster is counterpointed by commentary from the on-screen graphics. This...
...rash of fund scandals changed the game. Star power faded, and up stepped little-known (but not so little) American Funds to rewrite the script for success. American Funds woos investors with a team approach that insulates fund investors from the carnage that a single mistaken ego may unleash. The company is raking in money so fast that it has inspired copycats--just as its funds have grown so large they threaten to become unwieldy...