Word: manically
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...Norman Rockwell that hangs next to the Oval Office door. In the Roosevelt Room, he told how FDR used the space to house his aquariums. Down the hall he expounded on a print showing Lincoln at the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation. Throughout, he was a manic bundle of energy. Near the end of the tour, Glade Curtis, an obstetrician, had to laugh. "Karl was always really into politics and history," Curtis said. "And he was always a nerd...
...With such material to work with, it is unsurprising that even a talented actor’s director like Yip fails to wring effective performances from his cast. Leon Lai is characteristically handsome and bland, while Jordan Chan is uncharacteristically unengaging and aloof. Even Sam Lee’s manic persona is considerably tamer here. Hsu Chi, one of the few actresses in modern cinema to possess acting skills to accompany her pretty face, barely registers in her throwaway part. Perhaps the only actor to acquit himself well is Taiwanese R&B popstar Alex To. Despite his role...
There’s a whole crop of new albums coming out next Tuesday, including ones by Janet Jackson, the Bee Gees, the Manic Street Preachers and KRS-One. But the one to listen to is the American release of Tropical Brainstorm, by Kirsty MacColl, who was tragically killed by a speedboat in Mexico last December. I’ve been saving up for the moment to write about MacColl, if only to point out someone with great pop chops (Janet Jackson will do fine without me giving her any publicity, presumably. Sorry Miss Jackson). MacColl’s songs...
...Marcus Stern (of the American Repertory Theater), Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece surges to life with a vibrancy that both fills Loeb Mainstage and captures the audience in its first moments. Two friends, Billy (nervous, conservative Cary P. McClelland ’02) and Dion (manic, disheveled Alexis G. Burgess ’01), are as different as can be, but they share one thing: their love for Margaret (a ravishing Emily S. Knapp...
...long disappearance and gradual, Pee-wee-free return has made him more palatable, and Reubens is eager to regain his manic pace. Two weeks ago, he taped an episode of Ally McBeal in which he tries to sue Sting for breaking up his marriage to Cheri Oteri, and last Tuesday he guested on the Tonight Show. He is going to be host of You Don't Know Jack, a game show for ABC. He talks about wanting to remake the Eddie Cantor movie Kid Millions and writing his autobiography. He's also still pushing the variety show-sitcom Meet...