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While certainly not for the faint of heart, The Ring should be very pleasing for fans of thrillers and horror movies. For this reason, and because it may draw some much deserved attention to other Japanese films often overlooked by Hollywood and consequently this hemisphere, The Ring is a welcome addition to what has been a somewhat lackluster fall film season...
...Dandridge as an actress that was not only “playing out a specific role, but also fought for screen time.” He also made sure to mention a number of successful black actresses such as 1939 Oscar-winner Hattie McDaniel, who almost never worked in Hollywood again after her victory...
...years when in the late '90s aspiring rock musicians in such hip neighborhoods as the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, N.Y., started wearing them as a tribute to Rust and Farm Belt masculinity. Now fashion designers like Heatherette, below, place them on the perfectly coiffed heads of runway models, and Hollywood blades like Benicio Del Toro wear them out on the town. The big ol'brim might even protect their vision from camera flashbulbs. --By Benjamin Nugent
...that matters about what you do is how much money it makes, clearly that's bad.' TIME: Are you any less American for living abroad? Malkovich: I'm profoundly American, but there are many things that have long concerned me about my country. TIME: Such as the way Hollywood works? Malkovich: I don't really know how Hollywood works. It's a mystery to me. But when all that matters about whatever you do - whether it's journalism, literature or another art form - is how much money it makes, clearly that's bad. I'm not just entitled but obliged...
...possible for creativity to be cultivatedin a country not known for its freedom of expression? A few months ago, theatre group Spell#7 was told performers wouldn't be allowed to interact with bystanders in public spaces. More recently, a bar named after the Hollywood film Coyote Ugly opened up. The movie featured supermodel Tyra Banks dancing on top of a bar; when some local girls tried emulating Tyra Banks they were told to knock it off. In Singapore, it's illegal to dance on bars. Then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said the government might consider allowing people...