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...such as The Thousand and One Nights with contemporary subject matter ... Retired in 1971 from his post as an adviser to the Minister of Culture, he spends most of his time in cafés, drinking coffee and exchanging gossip. HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS ONE OF THE BEST JOKE TELLERS IN CAIRO, no small compliment in a land noted for its wit ... He supported Gamal Abdel Nasser's 1952 coup d'état but gradually grew disillusioned with the colonel's policies. 'It is true that the revolution liberated the Egyptian people and pushed them into modern life,' says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/2/2006 | See Source »

DICAPRIO: That is true. It was a tension-filled set. Was it fun working with all these guys? No, it wasn't fun. You have the occasional joke to break the tension, but there's this intense energy every moment, people trying to pull their hair out trying to make the thing authentic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gang's All Here | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

...York Times noted in August, the book is the latest controversy in a growing literary conspiracy in which powerhouse companies like Viking use an author’s pedigree rather than their talent as their principle publishing criterion. Resist the urge to make another Opal Mehta joke...

Author: By Lindsay A. Maizel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Murder, She Wrote Surprisingly Well | 9/27/2006 | See Source »

...JOKE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pythonostalgia! | 9/26/2006 | See Source »

...joke in Spamalot is that the whole thing has been reconfigured for a Vegas extravaganza - it'll feel right at home in Wynn Las Vegas, especially when King Arthur warns, "Remember, gentlemen: what happens in Camelot, stays in Camelot" - or, who'd have imagined it?, a cruise show. An audience member is brought on stage; confetti festoons the crowd; there's everything but a conga line out of the theater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pythonostalgia! | 9/26/2006 | See Source »

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