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...failing American actress, Nola Rice (Scarlett Johansson). As Chris grows both more successful in London society and more involved with Nola, he seems to be propelled by unnaturally good luck, until he is forced to make a critical choice between his two lives. Rhys-Meyers (the heroin-chic soccer coach from “Bend it like Beckham”) adroitly portrays one of the most fascinating characters in recent cinema. Chris is at once despicable and admirable, gripped by paranoia as he faces the temptations of wealth and beauty. Rhys-Meyers skillfully contorts his gorgeous face to convey...
...HANGED. NGUYEN TUONG VAN, 25, an Australian convicted of attempting to smuggle 400 g of heroin to Melbourne; in Singapore. Nguyen picked up the heroin in Cambodia and was caught in transit at Singapore's Changi Airport. Australian officials lobbied unsuccessfully to stop his execution. Singapore rejected Nguyen's request to have a final hug with family members, but allowed his mother to hold his hand and touch his face and hair the day before he was hanged. Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock called the execution a "barbaric...
...Iron Maiden variety.”And Swinton is even less reverent when she talks about her reasons for taking the role. Mostly, she says, she was hoping to help secure funding for other projects she’s planning, like a film based on the life of icy, heroin-addled German chanteuse Nico.HOLY HYPETwo days before this interview, the same group chatted with members of the “National, Faith & Hispanic Television Press,” according to an itinerary provided by Disney. It was another round in a two-pronged publicity strategy. Even as Disney and Walden...
Haddock, Voith, and Grimeland would hardly recognize the mild-mannered student who sits nursing the last of his dinner in the Currier dining hall. Unscripted, Lee remains sarcastic and sharp-witted, but when talking about his thesis on heroin policy and methadone research, his just-finished presidential term at the Harvard Independent, and especially his volunteer work with teens, he sounds, of all things, earnest. Well, almost: “I have tons of fun at PBHA,” he says, “You get to meet everyone twice. First [it?...
...LENNY BRUCE PERFORMANCE FILM Modern stand-up and (in the Jon Stewart mode) sit-down comedy is inconceivable without Bruce, who, before his 1966 death from a heroin overdose, smashed political icons and broke language barriers with equal daring and wit. In this 1965 filming of one of his last sets, Bruce is clearly addled by drugs and depleted by the series of obscenity cases he had to fight. But his mind still worked with a jazzman's improvisatory genius; the hipster fireworks he launched retain their explosive impact. And, man, was he funny...