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...year. Since it was for the CIA, she decided that she really had no way of knowing just what they would ask her. Peng is applying for an economist position, which would include researching black markets, money laundering and weapons exchange. “The job seems very Hollywood,” she admits. “You don’t go into Ec 10 thinking that you’d be able to do such compelling work.” The only drawback to the government job, aside from the considerably lower salary in comparison to what investment...
...Hollywood, here they come. The sisters began their campaign for worldwide attention with appearances at this year's Academy Awards, the Grammy and the Cannes film festival. Twentieth Century Fox crowned them "honorary Bond girls" to promote its latest 007 movie in Japan, sparking rumors of roles in a future Bond film. Vanity Fair listed them in its "In & Out" column (Kano sisters "in," Hilton heiresses "out"). The international offers?this month they are filming a TV special in South Korea?have swelled to the point that they have enlisted the aid of International Management Group, which represents, among other...
...TIME: Hollywood? Kyoko: Certainly. There are many U.S. movies we admire -- Jackie Brown, the 007 series -- and we'd love to work in that realm. 20th Century Fox made us "honorary Bond girls" to promote its last film; the director of "Rush Hour" says he may want to cast us in the next installment [which may be partially set in Japan]. I would say the star we most admire is Sophia Loren. We have attended four Academy Awards shows, Cannes, and others, and we have seen her at some of them. She has an unbelievable aura...
...Hollywood stereotypes of Arabs have not matured in the same way at all. An often cited example is Aladdin, in which Scott Weinger ’98 was the voice of Aladdin, the hero, while the arch-villain, Jafar, speaks with a (bad) Arab accent. It does not appear, though, that this bias is malicious—merely cultural. The Siege in 1998 was an eerie prediction of Arab-American internment after terrorist attacks in New York, and the film’s intent seemed to be to show that this was not a reasonable response to a terrorist attack...
...light of recent events, Hollywood is allegedly viewing potential productions with a more discerning eye, as well as revamping its fall schedule. But during a time when more traditionally pretigious films are supposed to be released, there doesn’t seem to be an overwhelming number of award worthy films. One film, however, seems to aspire to return to nostalgic movie magic. As his follow-up to The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, director Frank Darabont returns to a more classic era in The Majestic, his salute to Frank Capra and the movie palaces...