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...actor who performed on both the stage and silver screen--most notably as a randy swimming instructor in Lac aux Dames--Aumont was also a megastar with women. Although he married twice, he was more celebrated for his engagements to, among others, screen luminaries Hedy Lamarr and Grace Kelly...
...weeks ago, I would have told you the most annoying cliche currently littering the language was this one: things happen for a reason. But it turns out they do. Next to my own mother, Grace Costanza Nuzzo Lopez, the best Italian cook in the world is Maurizio's mother Concetta. Two or three mornings a week, this 70-year-old nonna makes a batch of meatballs at home, and one of her brood shuttles them into the restaurant as if transporting gold bullion...
...Ullmann says, "face to face with himself. I believe he's forgiving himself, doing this movie." She is not, of course, certain of that. But we have, at least, the minor miracle of this intricate, devastating work, passionately involving us in this old man's wintry, unspoken quest for grace...
...runners-up, Shen and Zhao possess an awesome array of technical tricks. They hope to become the first pair of skaters to include a quadruple-throw Salchow in their Olympic routine. But the duo has been consistently marked down for a lack of artistic flair. Judges look for the grace, fluidity and lyricism that the great Russian partners bring to the sport, a prejudice that fans of a more athletic style of skating have long criticized. Now an aggrieved Shen and Zhao have added a new dimension to that complaint: they (and their supporters) feel they are penalized because...
...same, the sight of the hairy, flabby posterior of a Yalie (male or female) is one that should haunt our nightmares, not grace our video collection. It opens the door for all manner of depravity; shall we soon be forced to witness "Bedtime with Lasaga" or "Bulldoggystyle"? We call upon the citizens of New Haven, who may yet retain some scraps of self-respect amidst the crumbling ruins of their civilization, to prevent the creation of this monstrosity--with pitchforks and torches, if necessary. And should they fail in this endeavor, not all will be lost; next November, when...