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...crop of career revisionists is trying to get attention for doing what Tony Bennett has always done: sing standards. Former teen angel Mandy Moore has a new standards album; even legendary cradle robber Rod Stewart has two. Standards are now perceived as the foolproof way for singers to flex their urbanity and be congratulated on their good taste while also appealing to those aging boomers who still roam the record racks...
...always done: sing standards. Robbie Williams sold millions crooning the classics with Swing When You're Winning in 2001; former teen angel Mandy Moore has a new standards album; even legendary cradle robber Rod Stewart has two. Standards are now perceived as the foolproof way for singers to flex their urbanity and be congratulated on their good taste while also appealing to those aging boomers who still roam the record racks. It has worked for Stewart, financially at least. Having rasped his way through 2002's It Had to Be You ... The Great American Songbook, an album that sold...
...headman. During filming for Crazy Girls Infernal Affairs, a parody of the hit trilogy, Tsang stands in front of a Buddhist temple, shouting out an elaborate initiation ritual to a line of young extras. After the first take, he orders the extras to remove their shirts, telling them to flex their fake tattoos for the camera. The movie's director, Jing Wong (God of Gamblers, Royal Tramp), doesn't seem to mind Tsang taking control?in fact, it's part of the reason Wong cast him. "Eric's very creative and can contribute a lot to dialogue, costumes, the acting...
...than ever, the drafters are now confronted with the core question they have so studiously ignored: Who rules? Whether on Iraq or on the stability pact, various sets of Europe's nations have replied: Not France and Germany, not any duo or threesome. In fact, the more these two flex their muscles, the more the others will copycat the course laid out by Berlin and Paris in their contest with Washington: resist hegemony! In other words, what is sauce for the two ganders is sauce for the goslings. Europe will not be one until all members, large and small, agree...
...especially for those suffering from AIDS crises. While it’s nothing visionary—it’s surely not a call for full debt cancellation—the bill promises practical steps in the right direction. But the language is not binding. The Bush administration must flex its considerable muscle within the IMF and the World Bank to push for adoption of the bill’s provisions. If you get a chance, give the Treasury Department a call (202-622-5500) and tell them as much...