Word: gaffers
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...culture icon as Princess Leia in Star Wars. Fisher says that she hated Leia's Cinnabon hair ("Give me a hairstyle that further widens my already wide face!") and that George Lucas wouldn't let her wear a bra; instead, he made her tape down her breasts with gaffer's tape. She writes about marriage to Paul Simon and sex with Chris Dodd and meeting Bob Dylan. When Dylan showed up at a party wearing sunglasses and a parka, Fisher said, "Thank God you wore that, Bob, because sometimes late at night here the sun gets really, really bright...
...Komodo Dragons and deftly juggled snakes as they sought to plunge their venomous fangs into his arm or face, all the while keeping up a lively commentary for the cameras of his multimillion-dollar documentary operation. Scratched, bitten and bruised, he would display his wounds like trophies, casually using gaffer tape to bind up a severe bite from a large saltwater crocodile that he had been wrestling in a mangrove swamp. And the Crocodile Hunter understood how his risk-taking made him a cult hero to millions in the 130 countries where his films aired: his fans aped his trademark...
...Komodo Dragons and deftly juggled snakes as they sought to plunge their venomous fangs into his arm or face, all the while keeping up a lively commentary for the cameras of his multimillion-dollar documentary operation. Scratched, bitten and bruised, he would display his wounds like trophies, casually using gaffer tape to bind up a severe bite from a large saltwater crocodile that he had been wrestling in a mangrove swamp. And the Crocodile Hunter understood how his risk-taking made him a cult hero to millions in the 130 countries where his films aired: his fans aped his trademark...
...should sharpen when a new man takes charge in December. The party conclave got its biggest boost from the spirited horse race among five contenders vying for the job; much will depend on whether the stumbling front runner David Davis (widely deemed dull) holds off the hard-charging old gaffer Ken Clarke and the up-and-coming new boy David Cameron, who is only 38. The mere fact that there was such an open contest instead of the venomous backroom plotting of previous years prompted talk of a general revival in party fortunes. Many delegates surprised themselves by concluding they...
...PEOPLE OBSOLETE IN MOVIES? HAVE we seen the last of actors--actual human beings playing fictional ones--who perform on a set constructed by burly artisans, under lights operated by fellows with quaint guild titles like gaffer and best boy? Maybe we have. Maybe it's time. I mean, if there's one thing that holds cinema back from being a 21st century art form, it's people. So let's go with pixels. They're cuter, cheaper, better behaved. They can simulate funny sea creatures (Shark Tale), re-create 1939 Manhattan or Shangri-La (Sky Captain and the World...