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This is not to say that Cannes (or Venice or Toronto) is immune to Hollywood star quality. The big festivals need celebrities to grace the red carpet, to be photographed by the paparazzi and TV crews, to glean worldwide publicity for the event. So the premiere of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the first Indy movie since 1989, was headline news. Producer George Lucas, director Steven Spielberg and leading man Harrison Ford showed up to promote their familiar if robust revival of the archaeologist adventurer. Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman appeared with their sweetly vigorous animated...
...silk"?Ratti is ensconced in her office in the new headquarters, built in 1999. Like her father, Ratti is a sharp businessperson with a passion for the creative process. She pays frequent visits to clients like John Galliano at Dior and listens to their ideas and vision to glean ideas of her own. "You listen a lot, but you also propose a lot," she says. Depending on the designer Ratti is dealing with, it can go either way. Some, like Dries Van Noten, will be inspired by a flower he finds in the archives but will...
...compelling. His argues that ESPN has ties to the NFL, NBA, and other major sports associations and so has little incentive to publish sports news that reflects poorly on these groups or threatens the star players who are their greatest sources of revenue. But the only knowledge we can glean from this rant against ESPN is that the network refused to cover the story that Michael Vick, in his glory days, knowingly transmitted an STI to an unsuspecting woman. The public, says Leitch, has a right to know, even when it isn’t convenient...
...knowledge and to experience the proverbial ocean beyond the pond through meaningful interactions with each other. It is these interactions that serve to give nuance to our understanding of the world and allow us to appreciate the points of view of others, albeit not necessarily agree with them. To glean the most from this invaluable opportunity, we must be willing to understand, to enter into discourse without preconceived judgments, and provide each other the space to express the importance and significance of our respective worldviews without accusations of indoctrination. Discourse—open, free, and civil—is crucial...
...declaring that black people can be punished for betraying their group and encouraging black students “not [to] permit an inflated conception of racial obligation to weigh them down.”In the end, readers are left wondering what exactly they’re supposed to glean from Kennedy’s nearly 200-page struggle with history, racial self-determination, and the concept of selling out. We do learn that Clarence Thomas isn’t really a sellout and that the search for one will not prove useful in helping us achieve racial equality...