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...most fashionable of gifts. While his contemporaries practiced the rock-ribbed realism of Hemingway and Carver or the high-concept contraptions of the metafictionists, Updike conducted his pursuit of eloquence and wit almost alone. Ironically, it was sometimes held against him, and he was tagged a lightweight. (See the top 10 fiction books...
...Emma may be a Paula, but in the end, the movie owes its mild success to Anne Hathaway, who makes it watchable. After seeing Bride Wars' marketing campaign, I wondered whether Hathaway would hurt her hopes of an Oscar nomination for Rachel Getting Married by appearing in such lightweight fare right around ballot time. (Rachel may get married, but that film indulges no fantasies.) Instead, Bride Wars is a reminder that Hathaway can be soulful and charming no matter how mundane her surroundings. She manages her appealing vulnerability with expertise, but she's also learned how to blend in just...
...However, that in just six months Los Campesinos! have managed to move on completely from their twee background, refine their song writing, and discover a charismatic front man is hugely impressive. Here’s hoping they don’t lose faith and start making albums as lightweight as “The Green Album.”—Reviewer Chris R. Kingston can be reached at kingston@fas.harvard.edu...
Sigg Traveler The sales clerk at Whole Earth, an Austin, Tex., based outdoors store, told me Sigg is considered the "hippest" of all water bottles, favored by such celebrities and eco-stars as the Dave Matthews Band. The Swiss company Sigg has been making lightweight, recycled-aluminum bottles for a hundred years; inside, they're lined with a secret coating to prevent the aluminum from flavoring the contents. The Sigg Traveler certainly is light and trendy-looking, and comes in two sizes and a variety colors, including classic, simple steel. One problem for those of us living in hotter climes...
...Coke has focused on supplementing its signature soda brands with water (Vitamin Water), juice (Odwalla) and other noncarbonated drinks, answering critics who lambasted the company for being a lightweight in the nonsoda segment of the beverage business. To keep up its momentum, Coke recently bought a 40% stake in Honest Tea, an organic-bottled-tea upstart. Pepsi, which owns Gatorade and Tropicana, was already well positioned, so it steadily ramped up its focus on snack foods. Its Frito-Lay division now accounts for 56% of Pepsi's annual retail sales. Over the past decade, that product diversity has helped Pepsi...