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...landed in the American consciousness like Gulliver among the Lilliputians, his prodigious youth the stuff of theatrical legend: playing at Dublin?s Gate and Abbey Theatres at 16, starring on Broadway at 19, forming his own theater at 21. And then he outstripped that early promise with an achievement glorious and voluptuous...
...chopsticks restaurant in salalah, the capital of the Omani province of Dhofar, is no longer open, its "passable" food and "awful" service (as one unsympathetic guidebook had it) now just a sweet-and-sour memory. Yet only a few doors away, the splashiest new eatery in the forgotten, once glorious town is Chinese Cascade, which serves Mandarin prawn toast, cauliflower Manchurian and vegetable wontons. It's "The Authentic Chinese Restaurant," if you believe the sign, but when an unsuspecting visitor steps in, he finds that the waiters, the diners, the owners - everyone is Indian. "Here there are so many Pakistani...
...First there was AOL, the rich friend of Father?s (the two already share in the Time Warner Entertainment partnership) swooping in on the heels of the Comcast offer to discuss a glorious scenario in which AOL and AT&T form anything from a semi-monogamous dating arrangement to a full-blown marriage...
...country. Presuming the answer's no, get your name and passport number registered again. 4) Check your bags in and catch the helicopter to Lungi International Airport. It's a 20-minute ride and gives you a fantastic view of Freetown and some of Sierra Leone's glorious coastline. 5) After collecting your bags, push your way through the crowd of people into the check-in area of the airport. A man will check your passport and tickets at the door. 6) Open your bags for inspection. Get asked for a small donation by bag inspector. 7) Check in. Your...
...with domestic audiences because of their musty themes (The Emperor and the Assassin). Feng makes the light-hearted comedies that draw the big Chinese crowds. Unlike Zhang and Chen, Feng eschews sweeping epic dramas with brocaded courtesans or peasants tilling unforgiving earth, preferring to tell tales of China's glorious, go-go present. His characters are tour guides and Ikea-shopping yuppies. They don't struggle with injustice or political strife, but have trouble with relationships and flatulence. "I want my films to reflect the real China," says the 43-year-old director. "Western audiences may expect an old, exotic...