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They settle on the movie’s yang, Smoochy, a big purple rhinoceros. Smoochy is the creation of the idealistic and utterly naive Sheldon Mopes, acted by Edward Norton (Fight Club, American History X). Randolph naturally finds Mopes’ usurpation of his life intolerable and psychotically sets about plotting Smoochy’s grisly demise...
...bring a child to this movie.” He relished playing something different than his usual kid-friendly characters: “To play a dark character is something I’ve wanted to explore for a while.” Williams also noted that Norton, who normally plays dark roles, went in the opposite direction with his portrayal of the good-hearted Mopes. Overall, the actor said he enjoyed working with Norton and DeVito, and gleefully described Death to Smoochy as “nasty funny...
...government-backed occupation of white-owned farms by so-called war veterans began two years ago. The day after Mugabe's inauguration speech, in which he raged against traitorous "snakes" and vowed to accelerate his "land reform" policy, 55-year-old Ford was dragged from his home at Norton, about 40 km west of the capital, Harare, by a gang of about 20 men, tied up against a tree and shot in the head. Later the police recovered a firearm and arrested six men who, they said, would be charged with murder. Ford's farm adjoins a large estate owned...
...GLOBE-TROTTING Move over, Moby Dick. In April, two books will be coming out about a bloody moment in maritime history: the bloody mutiny on the whaleship Globe. Norton, publisher of Thomas Heffernan's "Mutiny on the Globe: The Fatal Voyage of Samuel Comstock," writes, "When Comstock - a headstrong 20-year-old - signed on to the whaleship Globe in 1822, his sea chest contained an unusual secret stash - a diverse collection of seeds, tools, medical supplies and weapons. With these neatly packed items, Comstock intended to carry out a strange career goal: to become king of his own South Seas...
...Norton Lecture Hall, Fogg Art Museum