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...first English-language feature, and starring pop diva Norah Jones in her acting debut, this fable of a lovelorn woman's jaunt across the U.S.-from New York to Memphis to Las Vegas and back again-lurches in and out of plausibility without ever quite weaving the slo-mo magic Wong brings to his homegrown fare. But then, just as the viewer's patience is being tried by the relentless despair Jones' character appears to live in, Natalie Portman shows up and injects a bolt of life as a gambler trying to wheedle her one big win. She's just...
...show a lovely face in slow motion, as you do endlessly with Nevins'. The Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai has built a brilliant career on that technique. You selected Wong's longtime cinematographer, Christopher Doyle, in part because he would know how to work a similarly glorious magic...
...greater. The single greatest stroke of Rick Wagoner's seven-year tenure as GM CEO, for example, was probably his well-timed decision to use $18 billion in mostly borrowed money to shore up the pension fund in 2003 (yes, $18 billion does seem to be something of a magic number here). That move, coupled with the stock market's subsequent rise and the investment savvy of GM's pension managers, may well have averted bankruptcy. Can it be any surprise that the company's board would rather have a finance guy like Wagoner running the show than a full...
...other sweet scenes in the film - notably the (perhaps imagined) kiss of a (possibly sleeping) woman. But the memory we'll cherish is that of Portman's vibrancy, grittiness and ache, all performed with a virtuosa's easy assurance. She, not Jones, is the savory dish of movie magic in a mostly bland Blueberry Nights...
...aware that this study was in the works, released its own report that, shockingly, found no bias. Most players just scoffed at the academics. "They must not have studied me, because I've had more issues with black referees calling fouls on me than white officials," says Orlando Magic forward Grant Hill. "It's just foolish. Someone had too much time on their hands...