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...early 20s, there weren't any obvious guys. The character is a former Marine who's a paraplegic and has just been kind of thrown away. The actor Sam is one of these young Australian guys who's gonna be the next Mel Gibson or Russell Crowe. They grow 'em different down there, you know? In Gladiator, you understood why those guys stood behind Crowe. I needed to find a guy in his 20s who had that quality. And it's not an easy thing. It was about being able to stand up and lead men in battle...
...world's greatest living poet, is an event. And this one is a killer - literally. District and Circle (the title suggests the London Underground and, surely, its 2005 terror bombings) throbs with anxiety, foreboding and half-suppressed violence. Heaney's language is a symphony of sounds, surprises and look-'em-up words, like his barber's "cold smooth creeping steel and snicking scissors." You'll want to sing his lines out loud - until you realize how deadly serious the post-9/11 Heaney can be. "Anything can happen," he warns, "the tallest towers/ Be overturned, those in high places daunted...
...millions of dollars in Hollywood. 2. Al Gore’s sensibly casual suit, “The Inconvenient Truth”: What environmentally conscious 19-year-old wouldn’t want to be Al Gore for a day? Add a “Give ‘em hell Al!” Marc Jacobs tote, and you’re ready to combat global warming, one carbon emitting clothing company at a time. 3. Miranda Priestly’s Dennis Basso black mink coat and Prada handbag, “The Devil Wears Prada”: Every...
...meetings in their Pentagonesque fashion prepared candidates for every contingency from Canada invading the U.S. to the obscure. Students hadn’t been this motivated since applying to college. However, the most amazing aspect of the process was the Web sites made to razzle-dazzle ‘em...
...have bad news for you. Those trips you had planned in January--forget 'em. We will be working almost every day in January, starting with the 4th." STENY HOYER, Maryland Democrat who will become the House majority leader, telling reporters about the new five-day work schedule for members of the House of Representatives...