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Phoenix dropped out of school after ninth grade and finished his teens traveling in Latin America. When he returned to acting five years later, he earned raves as the mumbling killer in To Die For and an Oscar nod for his weaselly turn as Commodus in Gladiator. Walk the Line director James Mangold says both performances were seared into his memory. He noted that Phoenix looked like the young Johnny Cash, but he was more intrigued by another resemblance. "That incredible vulnerability and masculinity that James Dean had," says Mangold, "Joaq has the same thing. His face is complicated...
...state is rebuilding its repressive machinery, and we are discussing Lenin's body." Yet the debate also is a window on changing attitudes among the ruling élite. Since Putin came to power, a new ideology has been taking shape that blends imperial nostalgia with the occasional careful nod to the Soviet Union's greatness under Stalin. These days the Kremlin honor guard wears 1812-era uniforms, and attending Orthodox church services is a good career move. Even the Stalin-era national anthem is back. Lenin, a ruthless but austere revolutionary, an enemy of empires and religion...
...hard work paid off: San Francisco University High won the state championship her sophomore year and was runner-up the subsequent year. McKinley was a decisive factor, earning all-league honors three times and picking up an all-state nod as a junior...
...video is made up of a series of vignettes in which ordinary, non-actor folks at some generic Generation Y house party listen to the title song on clunky, old-school headphones. The camera position puts you in the eyes of the friend, desperately waiting for the listener to nod with approval...
Sophomore outside hitter Laura Mahon (22 kills, 19 digs) and junior middle hitter Katie Turley-Molony (17 kills) were selected to the all-tournament team. It was the second all-tournament nod of the season for Mahon, who also received the honor at the New England Challenge...