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...heat in the way they interact, and the tenor of Frears' film and Christopher Hampton's script tends to the dispassionate, much like Colette's writing. Emotionally speaking, the pacing is languorous; almost all of the film's impact is delivered in its last minutes, when you've almost given up on it. (See the 100 best movies of all time...
...actress - and Fawcett fooled her fans by becoming an excellent one - can find an arc of redemption through suffering. Fawcett was given a diagnosis of anal cancer in 2003 (the same year O'Neal came down with leukemia), and after a period of remission, it returned in 2007. She was the third of the original Charlie's Angels to suffer from cancer...
...with my meal in a tone of calm civility clearly distinguishable from the intimately friendly manners I had encountered before boarding at Logan. As we swooped over streets that represent personal landmarks and brim with familiar memories, the pilot apologized profusely for the offending view of Arsenal stadium. Naturally, given Arsenal football team’s recent defeat by Chelsea rival, I presumed these were the words of a gloating Chelsea fan. Despite supporting an altogether different team—Tottenham—I nonetheless empathized with the pilot due to Tottenham and Arsenal’s natural animosity...
...Harvard students, Chanequa N. Campbell '09 and Brittany J. Smith '09, are alleged to have given swipe-card access to the victim and suspects, allowing them to enter the basement of the dormitory. Although Campbell, through her lawyer, has denied the allegations and said she does not know the victim, the two students were barred from graduation in late...
Governor Mark Sanford's confession to adultery may be roiling South Carolina and traumatizing his family, but it's bequeathed to the rest of us a handy new euphemism for sneaking in a little romance on the sly: hiking the Appalachian Trail. That was the original reason given by Sanford's staff for his unexplained six-day absence from the state's capital - an explanation whose credibility evaporated when the governor resurfaced, not from an extended nature walk but from a covert sojourn to Buenos Aires, where his mistress lives. In the meantime, the peculiar tale of Sanford's disappearance...