Word: evitas
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...only choice to play Guevara. "Could it be anybody else?" he asks. "Gael is the most visceral, talented and mature actor of his generation." Others have played the revolutionary onscreen: Omar Sharif in a much-reviled 1969 biopic; Antonio Banderas alongside Madonna's Eva Perón in Evita; and, soon, Benicio Del Toro in Steven Soderbergh's upcoming Che. They all look the part and get to gaze intensely, speak rousingly, and wave a gun - all film-friendly signals of impassioned freedom fighting. But the pre-revolutionary Motorcycle Diaries calls for naïveté, not intensity, and slowly...
...John Kerry, D-Mass., though, than a serious discussion of the issues he raised. Teresa Heinz Kerry changed our focus, but I won’t pretend that her money, her Botox, and her almost laughably self-serious mien drew less attention than the substance, as such, of her Evita-like oration. John Kerry, with a salute and tough declarative prose, crossed the commander-in-chief threshold Thursday night and dominated the conversation for about the 30 minutes it took to leave the hall and try to sneak into a party down the street...
...artists, including Harvard undergraduates, graduate students, alumni and professional artists from the Boston area, in media ranging from photography and painting to sculpture and video. The opening receptions will also feature live performances by the Harvard Spoken Word Society, a cast member from The Vagina Monologues and Raquel Evita Seidel, a local poet, dancer and visual artist...
...earth moved, and they met. On Jan. 15, 1944, an earthquake hit Argentina. At a benefit for victims, radio actress Eva Duarte sidled up to Colonel Juan Peron. The Lady had found her Macbeth. Peron was elected in 1946 and ran Argentina with the glittering Evita by his side until her death, at 33, from cancer...
...last Friday, actor Mandy Patinkin simply relaxed in the Winthrop House Junior Common Room. Patinkin, best known for his endearing roles as Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride, Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on “Chicago Hope” and Che Guevera in a Tony-award winning performance of Evita, spent two days at Harvard answering students’ questions and lending his expert advice in two master classes. While relating the ups and downs of his own path to success, Patinkin expressed a true desire to connect with students and to share an inspiring yet cautionary message with those...