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...Ethel Rosenberg (Meryl Streep), whom Cohn, by pulling strings, got executed for treason; and an angel (Emma Thompson)--the spiritual avatar of America. When she smashes through the ceiling of Prior's apartment to draft him as an unwilling prophet, all hell breaks loose--or, really, terrifyingly, all heaven does...
...keep an eye on heaven and an ear to the street/I spread a thick layer of blood, sweat and tears on the beats.” On the cornerstone title track of his sophomore effort, Brother Ali tallies up the qualities that herald Shadows on the Sun, professing a proclivity towards old-school beats, refreshingly articulate vocal delivery and an assured baring of his albino soul. The finest product of the Minneapolis hip-hop scene, Brother Ali—with the help of reliable producer Ant—clears a nice path for his inevitable mainstream invasion...
...even more isolated Marquesas with his paintings and collection of pornographic postcards. Two years later he dies there, blind and covered with syphilitic sores but leaving behind paintings that changed the course of Western art. No one discovers paradise in this novel. But Gauguin leaves a bit of heaven in his wake. --By Richard Lacayo
...brother’s bed. A feather boa was twined around his pillows. The cheerleaders had scattered glittery confetti over his sheets; they had hung a red fringe from the door lintel. The poster taped to his mirror read, “#7 Can Kick That Ball 2 Heaven...Just Use Ur Golden Toe. From Your: Cheerleader Shelli.” Red, white and black helium balloons bobbed against the ceiling. The cheerleaders had tethered the gold mylar seven to the window fan. I took pictures, supposing that nobody would believe me otherwise. My brother’s room seemed...
...Henan for allegedly murdering 17 boys. Cops, long reliant on heavy-handed monitoring of neighborhoods, struggle to maintain law and order amid China's increasing freedoms: the incidence of violent crime has risen 73% over the past five years. "Society now has blind spots that have become a heaven for killers," says Ren Jiantao, head of the School of Government at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, who warns that serial killing in Shenzhen, China's migration capital, is "just a few years ahead of everywhere else [on the mainland...