Word: lons
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...stand in front of a green screen and mime fear. They are old-fashioned craftsmen, using spirit gum and other medieval (and modern) applications to devise prostheses so horrid, so hand-made, they'd scare anyone on the set. In a tradition stretching back to silent-film star Lon Chaney, the SPFX makeup men, in essence, build scary masks. They make horror visible by sculpting...
...Global Contender Re your story on New York, London and Hong Kong and their status as global financial and trade hubs: Rather than celebrating Ny-lon-kong, you should have hailed New-syd-don [Jan. 28]. Sydney is a larger city than Hong Kong, and more companies have their Asia-Pacific regional headquarters there. The Australian Stock Exchange, based in Sydney, is among the world's 10 biggest and No. 3 in the Asia-Pacific. Sydney is one of the world's most cosmopolitan cities: about 3 in 10 residents come from overseas, representing 170 countries. In asserting that Hong...
...irradiated Sandman, a.k.a. Flint Marko, in Spider-Man 3, Thomas Haden Church researched the Golem of Jewish folklore and the Frankenstein monster--creatures as pathetic as they were horrific. He wanted to give a nuanced reading of a mutant steeped in self-knowledge. "I remember the performances of Lon Chaney Jr.," he says, "where there was the physical aggression with that kind of sadness and regret that he [was] physically aggressive and could terrify people...
...model all my actions on lessons learned from Lon Chaney, Jr. movies...
...pressing question: can a college coach, who typically imposes tight control over pliant 18-year-olds, meld the egos of millionaired NBA megastars? After all, several top college coaches have fired airballs in the pros, guys like Lon Kruger of Illinois, fired by the Atlanta Hawks, and Miami's Leonard Hamilton, a washout with the Washington Wizards. Krzyzewski's favorite wink-wink reply: "I'm a millionaire...