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...flight attendant in a traditional Singapore kebaya handed me a hot towel. I got up, stretched and walked around, which every long-haul veteran knows is necessary to keep your blood moving. I chatted with a few folks who were doing the same. I started one of my books, Jarhead, by Anthony Swofford, a former Marine's account of life in the military. Then, three hours into the flight, it was time for dinner: a swordfish-and-rice combo, accompanied by some Piper Heidsieck champagne. Who needs business class anyway...
...cable TV. With a subscription to Netflix, you can watch all of the HD DVD titles that come out as they launch. While it might not rival what Blu-ray has promised for sometime in the future, the HD DVD catalog - with The Matrix, Shawshank Redemption, Full Metal Jacket, Jarhead and Chronicles of Riddick all guaranteed in the next month or two - is more attractive than what's shown collectively on Showtime, HBO, InHD and HDNet. Even if you chuck it aside the minute your shiny new PS3 comes through the door, you will have gotten your money's worth...
...having an excess of vowels in their names. Now indie It couple MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL and PETER SARSGAARD will share parenting duties. Gyllenhaal, 28, whose most notorious role was as a secretary who liked spanking, and Sarsgaard, 35, who co-starred with Gyllenhaal's brother Jake in 2005's Jarhead, are engaged and are expecting a baby. The two have conducted a quiet courtship since they met four years ago. No public spats. No embarrassing photos in the tabloids. Still, we're sure the marriage will work out fine...
...Jake Gyllenhaal: Showed he's the real deal in Jarhead, Proof and Brokeback Mountain. Hollywood can't quit you, Jake...
...chest, but this antiquated metaphor of military praise hardly seems adequate for Anthony Swofford’s breakout autobiography “Jarhead.” The novel, written by a Californian and a New York Times bestseller in 2003, should have garnered a little more respect from its native hive, The Sacramento Bee. Enter Sam Mendes, famed director of “American Beauty” and “Road to Perdition.” Mendes and screenwriter William Broyles, Jr. have produced a vivid, accurate representation of Swofford’s book, which opens this Friday?...