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...shopping period rolls around. In the immortal words of somebody great, “Fame is a matter of dying at the right time.”Okay, so I read that off another Salada tea bag—the message still stands. Even those of us who have graced the pages of IvyGate find that the bloggers-that-be lose interest as soon as something newer comes along. We can clutch at all the fame we like while we’re here, but soon enough, we’ll have to pass that fame on to some young...
...much of the world happens to us, instead of the other way around. I only hope that in the home I build for myself in the next few years, I learn to be brave in situations I cannot control, and that I endure the hives of life with grace and humor...
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...
...after retiring from politics. Havel often said that he hoped to keep his artistic and political lives separate. His new play is proof of how ultimately he failed to do so. But, for many theater goers and readers, that's a blessing. Leaving documents the fall from grace of a powerful man. It takes an uncompromising, knowing look at the greed and excess that followed the fall of communism - a period that tends to be mythologized in the West. As an icon of that revolution, no one is better placed to reconstruct...
...Riefenstahl (who released her last movie on her 100th birthday in 2002) as the world's oldest cineaste. And one of the most vital. "Vive le cinema!" he exclaimed before striding offstage. Oliveira is living proof that cinema is a game old men can play with agility and ageless grace...