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...Angeles already famous--and rich enough to refuse roles that didn't interest him. On top of that, he says, "when I first moved, I didn't know I loved acting. I didn't even really know I liked it." His life change was motivated less by a passion for movies than by a frustration with music: he and partner Antwan (Big Boi) Patton were feuding over their future direction, and Benjamin felt enormous pressure to make hits. (The band has not announced its retirement nor any plans for a new album.) Like others before him, he took advantage...
...that passion is being aroused, oddly, by possibly the catchiest, most democratic radio format yet invented. Jack mixes up a lot of '80s music--some classic rock, a slew of one-hit wonders, a few oldies, a touch of Top 40 and a tiny bit of rap. It has surgically removed everything that is annoying about radio. In most markets, Jack is just music--no weather, no traffic, no song IDs--and is completely automated, so there aren't even any wrongheaded DJs to endure. At 1,200 songs, the playlists are three times bigger than average, so it doesn...
...Essay "The Quiet Power of the Stoic" [July 18]. The manner in which the Brits handled the tragedy was noble and inspiring. But the response of Americans, especially New Yorkers, to the events of 9/11 was equally so. While Americans may react less stoically and with more surface passion, New Yorkers rescued others from burning buildings, went back to work on 9/12 and spent two years digging through rubble to find any dna that could be used to bring closure to grieving families. No act of terrorism could diminish our American spirit, nor should the world fail to recognize that...
Movie romance is a snapshot of beautiful women turning grief into glamour, passion into pictures. The camera here (mainly manned by cinematographer Christopher Doyle) monitors their hearts like a fond lover, capturing Gong's fire-and-ice hauteur, Faye Wong's elfin radiance, Zhang's panoply of pouts, flirtations and surrendering smiles. Even if a Chinese movie doesn't sound like your idea of summer fun, give 2046 a chance. Its pearly artistry and gorgeous faces should put you quickly, deeply, in the mood for love. --By Richard Corliss
...understand 13-year-olds. Sex: who's a "hottie," who's not and which girl in eighth grade--there is usually one--has taken the challenge and actually performed oral sex on a boy. Is it really sex? To girls in a competitive culture, it's less about passion than about proving to boys that they can pass the ultimate test of toughness. Though they like to show off their bodies and have an impact, mostly on one another, 13-year-old girls really don't intend for their sexuality to be taken seriously. Finally, girls are talking about their...