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...host Tokyo Rose; in Chicago. In fact, there was no Tokyo Rose-the name was given by U.S. troops to any English-speaking female on Radio Japan, the propaganda outlet where D'Aquino was forced to work after being stranded during a visit to Tokyo by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. With references to listeners as "our friends-I mean, our enemies" and off-air efforts to aid American POWs, she made clear her loyalty to the U.S. But in 1949, with testimony from witnesses who later said they were coerced, she was convicted of treason and jailed...
David Malouf's prose has been called many things in the three decades since his first novel, Johnno, was published: poetic, prize-winning and pearl-like in its polish. But rarely sexy. In work such as Remembering Babylon and Dream Stuff, as much action seems to take place inside the mind as in the body. Which makes the love scene in the title story of his latest collection of short fiction, Every Move You Make (Chatto & Windus; 244 pages), something of a breakthrough. Here the writerly restraint-as book editor Jo conjoins with the ultimately unknowable Sydney house-builder Mitchell...
...chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour introduced a new HBO documentary to a packed John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last night, describing the film as a reflection of the violent polarization of the world today. Amanpour introduced the documentary, “Journalist & the Jihadi: The Murder of Daniel Pearl,” saying that the refusal of both politicians and the general public to believe journalists’ reports on the war in Iraq is a dangerous “denial of reality.” The film, which is directed and produced by Ahmed Jamal and narrated by Amanpour...
...expecting much from “Flyboys.” A grim James Franco seductively looks over his shoulder through his aviator goggles. Previews show some lovin’ with Jennifer Decker (known primarily for roles on French television). Is this yet another “Pearl Harbor,” where war is eclipsed by the tearful tale of a pretty boy military man and his gal? The bittersweet romance is definitely there, but rather than commandeering the plot, it is one of several distinct elements that subtly blend into the background of an intense and commendable portrayal...
...lineback-like assistant, Lesher (Michael Clark Duncan, “Talladega Nights”). Then Thornton emerges, like Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield on Red Bull, relentlessly mocking these wusses and instilling in them pseudo-macho wisdom about landing hot chicks. His favorite pearl of wisdom is the ignorantly cliché, “lie, lie, and lie some more.” However, Roger processes Dr. P’s words of advice, even scoring a date (and kiss) with Amanda. But when Dr. P sets his sights on the comely object of Roger?...