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...again," Berger said. "Yet we have no option beyond cruise missiles." He wanted "boots on the ground"--U.S. special-ops forces deployed inside Afghanistan on a search-and-destroy mission targeting bin Laden. Cohen said he would look at the idea, but he and General Hugh Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were dead set against it. They feared a repeat of Desert One, the 1980 fiasco in which special-ops commandos crashed in Iran during an abortive mission to rescue American hostages...
...woman who has lived in Thailand for 10 years. "Quiet, peaceful, the place nobody outside Thailand really knew about." That's no longer true, and Menzies is part of the reason. She's general manager of the Chiva-Som, an opulent spa and health center that serves stars like Hugh Grant and Naomi Campbell. Clients pony up $500 or more per day for facials, aquatic therapy, papaya foot wraps and a full menu of East-meets-West massages...
...bragged about my freedom to mold my summer in any which way, I was reminded of Hugh Grant’s character in the recent release, About A Boy—a character who lives off the royalties of his father’s one Christmas hit song and makes a living doing nothing. Particularly, Grant’s character divides his day into units: browsing CDs, playing pool, sleeping, eating, entertaining. Now, I too had this freedom to mold my days and consequently live, for the modest three months, without the pressing demands of those outsiders that are regularly...
...course, counterprogramming isn't a fail-safe strategy. Universal released About a Boy last month, hoping that female moviegoers would choose Hugh Grant over Spidey and Anakin. Though the comedy got stellar reviews and has already earned back its $27 million cost, it might have made more in a less crowded season. A small art film can turn a profit in a few theaters, while more expensive films intended as counterprogramming must compete with blockbusters for a wider audience. Universal plans to keep About a Boy on select screens throughout the summer and pull it up to a $40 million...
Marcus insinuates himself into Will's life. And About a Boy, which starts out as a cool, gently exaggerated farce (and never loses that antic spirit), begins to insinuate itself into our souls. Hugh Grant shares with the immortal Cary an ability to go dark and distracted on us without losing our sympathy for his eager, morally educable side. This talent helps to ground a comedy that includes, among other things, a carelessly murdered duck, a funnily murdered rendition of Killing Me Softly With His Song and a distinctly unmerry vegetarian Christmas party. But the film is always true...