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...core, The Lord of the Rings isn't a story about frilly shirts and talking frogs; it's a tale about temptation. Frodo isn't a knight in shining armor; he's not even a wizard in a pointy hat. His only claim to fame, his sole superpower, is his uncommon ability to resist the seductive, corrupting temptation of the all-powerful Ring he carries. And as hard as he fights against that temptation, in the end he fails...
...legend who retired at 33 and set up a Coca-Cola franchise in Hamburg after the war, as an inspiration. Klitschko is considering going into business or politics after his fighting career, and doesn't rule out returning to Ukraine to forge a career in government. With his present fame in his homeland, where he has helped finance the reconstruction of an Orthodox church in Kiev, that shouldn't be too difficult. As for his boxing career, he has only one hard and fast rule: He will never fight his brother in the ring. "We both love our mother...
...first season was, it's intriguing in its own way. MTV has never been shy about embracing the postmodern paradoxes of reality programming--The Real World no longer even pretends to be about real life, and millions of viewers couldn't care less--so The Osbournes takes the fame issue straight on. We catch up with Ozzy and wife manager Sharon primping for the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the annual fete during which the two nerdiest groups of celebrities--politicians and journalists--surround themselves with actual stars to bask in the reflected cool. As George W. Bush gives Ozzy...
...rakish Academy Award-winning actor whose menacing screen presence defined a new type of tough guy in classics such as The Magnificent Seven (1960), an American version of Akira Kurosawa's Japanese epic The Seven Samurai, and The Great Escape (1963); in Los Angeles. Coburn, who rose to fame as the secret agent in the James Bond spoof Our Man Flint, was largely confined to minor roles during his career. While battling debilitating arthritis, however, Coburn won an Oscar in 1998 for his powerful performance as the abusive alcoholic "Pop" Whitehouse in Affliction...
...single-season record-holder both in passing yards, with 1,351, and passing touchdowns with 16. In just one season, Holt had catapulted himself from career backup to All-Ivy quarterback, an amazing ascent that would ultimately land him in the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame...