Word: nicholson
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...safer staying north, near the game parks and Victoria Falls. But Matabeleland is a microcosm of Zimbabwe's implosion. Thousands in the region are dying of malnutrition. Hundreds of thousands survive by trapping wild animals or bare-handed mining. When I arrived in the gold-rush town of West Nicholson, I met with a local miner in his bungalow. Several times during our 10-minute chat, he would step out for a few moments. It soon became clear why. When I emerged from his house, two plainclothes officers were waiting to detain...
...played by Ben Chaplan, is unable to cry for his mother. His performance is touching—that is, when one is not distracted by hints of a foreign accent and skin color that calls to mind a foreign exchange student amongst his freckle-faced, whitebread siblings. Julianne Nicholson, playing the only girl of the four and her mother’s best friend, refuses to leave the house even for a moment and is constantly doling out advice from self-help books such as “How to Die”. The third child, played by Tom Cavanach...
...Jack Nicholson arrived at the ceremony with a newly shaved head because...
...Everybody's looking at Gwyneth Paltrow's dress on the monitors when Bill Monahan, Best Adapted Screenplay winner for The Departed, says something about 61-year-old Irish Catholics, a sexual prosthesis and cocaine. We're pretty sure he's talking about Jack Nicholson's character. Darn that Gwynnie for distracting...
...talking turn in “The Departed” steals every scene, and former child star Haley, who, as fate would have it, plays a pedophile in “Little Children.” This year, the Academy snubbed some big stars. Major names such as Jack Nicholson, Brad Pitt, and Ben Affleck were all shut out of the race, despite receiving Golden Globe nominations.Best Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza, “Babel”; Cate Blanchett, “Notes on a Scandal”; Abigail Breslin, “Little Miss Sunshine”; Jennifer Hudson...