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...White Diamond had very limited theatrical release (which is why I?ve discussed it at this length) but is now available on DVD from Wellspring. And in case you?re wondering, Richard Schickel and I don?t consult each other in compiling our Ten Best lists. That we both chose Herzog documentaries were not conspiracy but coincidence - and, I think, a fitting tribute to a filmmaker of the purest craft, and of his acute understanding that the most thrilling adventures are those that illuminate man?s quest both to tame nature and become one with...
...changes in water temperature, pressure, osmotic gradients, and motion. According to Nweeia’s website, www.narwhal.org, the tusk is actually a tooth, shaped like a spiraled rod, which projects out of the male’s upper jaw through its lips and ranges six to nine feet in length. According to the site, it is very rare for a female to have a tusk. William Fitzhugh—director of The Arctic Studies Center (ASC), which is part of the Smithsonian Institution—explained the significance of Nweeia’s findings. He noted that, since salt water...
...News review called it “grossly inaccurate,” The Weekly Standard deemed it “politically silly,” and even The New Republic, typically left-leaning, described “Embedded Live!” as “poisonous, a production-length conspiracy, guilty of the very sins it attributes to the ‘cabal’ that it claims to expose.”But Robbins believes that national surveys showing American disdain for the war to be at a high point signify that the public is increasingly...
...grown up with in the Peoria, Ill., ghetto, where his grandmother ran whorehouses. And he dragged the culture along with him. His comedy albums--starting with his 1974 masterpiece That Nigger's Crazy--were best sellers and won five Grammys. He pioneered a new genre, the feature-length comedy concert, with his 1979 film Richard Pryor: Live in Concert. He was a hit in more traditional films too, winning an Oscar nomination for his nervy performance as Piano Man in the Billie Holiday biography Lady Sings the Blues, pairing with Gene Wilder in buddy comedies like Silver Streak and Stir...
...herself with bespoke heels and ballerina shoes fashioned from colorful organic hides. Also new (in fact, the paint is barely dry at her tiny atelier) is Evangeline Van Niekerk, the proprietor of Krefeld, tel: (49-40) 3483 0859. Van Niekerk's first collection comprises stenciled knit shirts and knee-length corduroy skirts...