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...mythology of a wolf, [where] the wolf and the man spirits were combined, to protect his native lands, in this case from vampires.” The visual effects crew spent a few days observing Timber wolves at the Wolf Mountain Sanctuary in California to better understand their expressions, fur texture, gait, and other wolfy habits...
Wispy and delicate, Charlotte Gainsbourg rushes into the lobby of Paris' Hotel Montalembert looking like she might collapse under the weight of her enormous fur coat. Seeing two representatives from her record label, she delivers four decidedly froid air-kisses. "No more interviews," she says, clearly exhausted from the weeks she has spent promoting her new album IRM. Once upstairs in a suite, however, she seems to relax, stripping down to a T-shirt and crouching on her knees, sphinx-like. Would she like the sofa or a chair, perhaps? "Non," she says. "The floor is fine...
...from its mosque for failure to pay property taxes, police found firearms, knives and martial-arts weapons inside Abdullah's apartment, which was apparently inside the mosque. Authorities say the group participated in an extensive theft ring: in February 2009, for instance, Abdullah allegedly went to Chicago to obtain fur coats he believed were stolen, then brought them to Michigan. Abdullah's son Mujahid Carswell later tried to sell fur coats and laptops he believed were stolen, according to court documents. (He has been charged with committing, aiding or abetting others in the sale or receipt of stolen goods transported...
...Africa's lengthy coastline. We also know that the warm waters of False Bay, south of the city, are a favored breeding and feeding ground for great whites, particularly around Seal Island, a rock that sits in the middle of the bay and hosts a huge colony of Cape fur seals. And we're well aware that Fish Hoek, the seaside holiday village where the attack took place, is particularly dangerous. Many of us have seen this picture, taken just off our favorite beach. And if anyone doubted just how deadly these waters...
Gilbert also repeats, incessantly, information she's already conveyed, whether it be the vastness of the belly of a pregnant woman she's dining with or the details of a coat - wine-colored, with a fur collar - once owned by her grandmother. (We hear about its beauty four times in three pages.) There are useful insights into the dilemma of modern marriage here, but the overall effect of the heavily padded Committed is like that of being called, over and over, by a friend who wants to talk your ear off about her impending nuptials. Only instead of debating...