Word: idolator
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...girlfriend - and his boyfriend. But if films pay the bulk of Luchini's bills these days, he makes no secret about preferring the boards to celluloid. Balding, short of stature and, lately, getting a little paunchy around the waist, Luchini is nobody's idea of a classic matinee idol. But he has something almost no other actor possesses these days: a flawless elocution, a way of incarnating the spoken word that turns a text into a lyrical, almost sensual form of expression. In a country like France, proud and respectful of its rich literary tradition, Luchini has had phenomenal success...
...State Beauty Pageant and What's All the Noise About Boys? I also marveled at the ingenuity of the contestants who, not allowed to go to a gym at night, tried to lose pounds by running up and down their hotel hallway. And I also discovered a uniformity in idol worship: when asked to list those they most admire, almost all named Oprah, God, Katie Couric and Julia Roberts, in that order...
While it may lack originality, it has already proven surprisingly durable. Having first surfaced in Tokyo discos in the early 1990s, parapara caught fire again in 1999, when pop idol Takuya Kimura of SMAP went on television and flashed some karate-chop like moves. For dance club wallflowers, uncomfortable with the demands of hip-hop, parapara was a godsend. The steps are simple. You don't have to ask anyone to dance. Everyone's doing the same thing and no one stands out?except those who haven't done their homework...
...State Beauty Pageant and What's All the Noise About Boys? I also marveled at the ingenuity of the contestants who, not allowed to go to a gym at night, tried to lose pounds by running up and down their hotel hallway. And I also discovered a uniformity in idol worship: when asked to list those they most admire, almost all named Oprah, God, Katie Couric and Julia Roberts, in that order...
...women cook and clean. She doesn't speak to anybody, but is constantly muttering to herself. Only when I draw within a meter of her do I realize that she is chanting the name of a family deity: "Ma Sherawali... Ma Sherawali... Ma Sherawali..." She clings to a small idol of the Tiger-Borne Goddess she found in the rubble near the camp...