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...truth this may be due more to his mesmerizing gray wig than his actual performance. And when the buffoonery shtick is kept to manageable levels, even Pegg produces some amusement—particularly when trying to convince fellow partygoers that “Con Air” is the finest movie ever made. But these moments are only funny in a fleeting, peripheral way, and they lack the bite that a comedy with such satirical aspirations requires. Only one scene in the film felt truly comedic. Sidney sees the trailer for Sophie’s award-winning new movie...
Early this year my wife and I watched Venus Williams, one of the world's finest tennis players, compete in Hong Kong. During the match several young men sitting near us kept referring in Cantonese to Williams as "black demon," as well as another unprintable epithet. They shut up when my wife, an American citizen who is ethnic Chinese, berated them for their racist language. (Williams, by the way, won the tournament.) What, I wonder today, would those men say about Barack Obama, who soon could be the U.S.'s first African-American President...
...Beijing Olympics were some of the most competitive games to date; the gold medal game, for example, was not a rout by the United States but a fairly close 118-107 American win. But this is only a small benefit of the overall destructive process; the deportation of our finest hoops talent will not be benefit the NBA or its fans. As a collective, American basketball fans care little about the international sport, notwithstanding the summer Olympics every four years...
...exhibit drew many returning visitors, as well as some first-time appreciators, to the Peabody Museum. This year’s display, “The Best of the Best,” brought back specially requested pieces from previous shows, including some of Bailey’s finest Southwestern jewelry, baskets, ceramics, and rugs. Bailey, a native of New Mexico, has collected and promoted Native American art for the last fifty years. Bailey’s traveling show is designed to help give Native American artists national exposure. In an interview Friday, Bailey said her road trips enable these...
...thoroughly disgusted with the Senate this morning," said Rep. John Tanner, chairman of the Blue Dogs, who originally voted for the bailout but now is undecided on the package. "It is just breathtakingly hypocritical for them, particularly the minority leader in the Senate, to claim that this is their finest hour and they're sending us the bill here and we've got to make some tough decisions...