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John Warner, with his lantern jaw, double-breasted suits and stentorian voice, has always looked the part of distinguished Senator. But for much of his three decades in the Senate, his actual record as a lawmaker was a ledger of modest and narrow accomplishments, mostly related to defense bills. In the past five years, however, the Republican has become one of the Senate's most influential members, thanks to a readiness to strike compromises on a host of high-profile issues ranging from co-sponsoring the anti-torture Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 to anchoring the "Gang of 14" bipartisan...
...Emperor's Shadow was composed by Zhao Jiping. From the mid-80s to 2000, while Tan Dun was in the U.S., Zhao was the PRC's preeminent movie composer, working with most of the A-list directors. For Zhang Yimou he scored Red Sorghum, Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, Story of Qiu Ju and To Live. For Chen Kaige: Yellow Earth, The Big Parade, Farewell My Concubine, Temptress Moon and The Emperor and the Assassin. For Zhou Xiaowen: No Regrets and The Emperor's Shadow. For Sun Zhou: Heartstrings and Breaking the Silence. Of these 14 films, 10 starred...
DIED. Martin Nodell, 91, creator of crime-fighting superhero Green Lantern and one of the last surviving artists from comics' golden age; in Muskego, Wis. Nodell got the idea for Green Lantern on a New York City subway when he noticed an engineer holding out a lantern. "It was green, which meant things were safe," he said. Infusing elements of Greek myth and Wagner's Ring operas, he created a flying good guy who draws his powers from a magic ring made from the remains of an ancient green lamp...
...long-ago supercool star of Hong Kong crime movies, parades a magnificent malevolence he's not unleashed before. And Gong Li, working for the first time in 11 years with the director (and ex-lover) who made her an international star in Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern, shows a passion that has never been so animated or tearful...
...whole new dimension in terror.” The venue, which supposedly used to house a coven of witches but is now overrun by a slew of supernatural “creatures of the night,” also boasts a comprehensive jack-o-lantern gallery in which pumpkins are carved to look like famous characters from American horror movies. Admission is $22—quite a pretty penny! And grab a friend’s car—Witch’s Woods is located in Westford near the Nashoba Valley Ski Area. http://www.witchswoods.com. Spook-seekers with...