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...elected to represent Florida's 8th district, scribbled away on a faxed copy of a bill he was proposing. He wants to increase Pell Grants, and he says he has "broad bipartisan support." The first day Congress is in session, he says, he'll throw the legislation in the hopper...
...poetic prose. It just lays out the funny-gory scenes--say, a man with a hunting knife in his eye--and hopes you get the point. It's best to see this as a drug buffet. Graze through the vignettes (with such visiting dignitaries as Holly Hunter and Dennis Hopper), and you'll find three or four tasty bits to snack...
Faith and Courage is one of the best CDs of the year. On her past albums, O'Connor's songs burned with anger. Her new album, for which she recruited a wide range of producers, including hip-hopper Wyclef Jean, radiates forgiveness, and the music is often as sweet and smooth as strawberries and cream. A few tracks, including The Healing Room, beam with sunny reggae rhythms. The album is dedicated to "all Rastafari people." In one song, What Doesn't Belong to Me, O'Connor sings from the perspective of God, rejecting the self-segregation in the world...
...look at Alain Delon (the delicate stud of Purple Noon) or Dennis Hopper (who gave Ripley a cowboy swagger in the 1977 The American Friend, Wim Wenders' adaptation of Ripley's Game) and see an actor sharpening his tools: the attentiveness, the useful smile, the waiting for a cue to make his move. Ripley watches Dickie, and an actor prepares. We watch the actor playing Ripley and learn the secrets of his duplicitous craft. It's as if a famous seducer had made a how-to video...
...didn't help. During a category called "Walken, Hopper or Keitel," we had to pick the actors who starred in a particular film. For Mother, Jugs & Speed, one contestant buzzed in with "Walken" and was pronounced wrong. Another answered incorrectly with "Hopper." Sensing a big opportunity, I rang in and proudly said, "Hopper," which was still wrong. Seeing this on videotape cemented my decision never to have children...