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...quiet, good-humored sort of fellow small-towners are proud to call one of their own, especially after he thwarts an armed robbery of his business by two vicious thugs. Thanks to his surprisingly adroit gunplay, they're dead and he's a hero, with a sudden fame that makes him uncomfortable. His unease escalates when some other toughs, led by one-eyed Fogerty (Ed Harris), drop in, declaring that Tom is one Joey Cusack, notorious gunslinger in a Philadelphia mob, and insisting that he go back East with them to clear up some unfinished business. Despite Tom's earnest...
...game was a modest success in Japan. But when it reached the U.S. last fall, retailers couldn't keep it on the shelves. "I'm happy going through this games phase of my life, where I get paid and can eat," Takahashi says. He may not understand his fame, in other words, but he's rolling with it. --By Chris Taylor
...first collaboration with playwright-actor Sam Shepherd since their Paris, Texas won the Palme d'Or in 1984. Or that there will be a special savor to Tommy Lee Jones' directorial debut, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, written by Guillermo Arriaga, of Amores Perros and 21 Grams fame. Or that Broken Flowers, with Jim Jarmusch directing Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone and Tilda Swinton, will launch that indie icon into the movie mainstream. Woody Allen's last film, Melinda Melinda, was a little better than his recent dogs. Perhaps Match Point, with Scarlett Johansson, will signal a return...
...tarp. Convinced he was onto something big, the poacher tipped off a paleontologist he knew, James Kirkland, and led him to the site. Kirkland tried to protect his source but, asked under oath how the dinosaur was discovered, reluctantly turned Walker in. Kirkland got his 15 minutes of fame last week. Walker served five months in prison. --By Coco Masters
...have hurt her [April 25]. Diverse points of view should, of course, be brought to the table, but how does wishing, as Coulter did in 2002, that Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh had blown up the New York Times building contribute to the political dialogue? Coulter could use her fame to promote valuable intellectual debate. Instead, she wastes it on personal attacks that do nothing to advance discussion of real issues...