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DIED. TOSHIRO MIFUNE, 77, rugged actor in epic Japanese films; in Mitaka, Japan. In his 16-film collaboration with director Akira Kurosawa, Mifune came to embody the heroic, archetypical loner with his rough features and angry intensity. America had cowboys; Japan had Mifune, wielding a sword and his trademark glare in the Oscar-winning Rashomon, The Seven Samurai and Yojimbo. Although Mifune often played the Pacific enemy in American films like Midway (1976), his menace needed no translation. It was his Japanese films that stuck with audiences, inspiring such imitators as Clint Eastwood and even Jim Belushi...
Face it: no matter how stunning the view, the blinding glare of winter sun on a ski slope or in an office building can be a pain. That's why Research Frontiers thinks its "smart glass," which lets people electronically control the light that shines through windows, is such a bright idea. By next year, the Woodbury, N.Y., firm's high-tech tinting should be incorporated into ski goggles, car sunroofs, skylights and, of course, windows. In homes, it could help regulate temperature and conserve energy, something even Mr. Sunshine would approve...
...moved back to Britain, claimed that the couple did not expect to live permanently in South Africa and that Spencer had lied about his reasons for moving the family there in the first place. He said, she said, that the move was to allow their children to escape the glare of celebrity and to grow up with a sense of normality. She contends it was really designed to cover his pursuit of Chantal Collopy, a South African whose husband eventually sued Spencer for "enticement and alienation" of his wife's affection. Lockwood's brief describes Spencer as a serial adulterer...
Thus it is that "Scud: The Disposable Assassin," an independent comic written and drawn by cartoonist Rob Schrab, is one of the latest comics to emerge from the comics underground into the glare of Hollywood's scrutiny. Creator Schrab attributes Scud's success to what he calls its multimedia appeal and its "surrealistically" funky style--both of which were probably factors in drawing Stone's attention in the first place...
What Wok'n'Roll lacks in atmosphere, it unfortunately doesn't make up for in the quality of service or cuisine. The waitress is frightening with her icy glare and rude tactics. The tea is served cold, as are your dishes, which will arrive in the wrong order--appetizer after entrees. The chicken is suspiciously shaped; you may be tempted to ask, "Is this chicken or a curly fry?" The food drips with grease, which makes one wonder why all the disheveled, asexually-clad customers come from the two gyms across the street. Don't they know what they...