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...idyllic British countryside. “Match Point” tells the story of Chris, an ambitious Irish tennis pro, who first befriends the wealthy and handsome Tom Hewett, (Matthew Goode) then marries his pleasant sister, Chloe (played adorably by Emily Mortimer), securing him life-long financial success. His perfect existence is disturbed by a near-obsessive attraction to Tom’s exquisitely beautiful fiancée, a failing American actress, Nola Rice (Scarlett Johansson). As Chris grows both more successful in London society and more involved with Nola, he seems to be propelled by unnaturally good luck, until...
...mature confidence and naïve incorruptibility. It takes you to dangerous depths of doesn’t-she-look-a-little-young curiosity. It makes you wonder if, as a youth, Scarlett’s parents took a big strip of sandpaper and ground that voice from a perfect diamond down into a rough-cut masterpiece. It’s seduced the on-screen likes of Billy Bob Thornton, Colin Firth, and the seemingly unseduceable Bill Murray. She uses it again in her latest film, “Match Point,” to charm the fidelity...
...outraged family members, the delay was a tinderspark that ignited a fury against the company. "I was disgusted," said Christine Yocum, whose cousin David Lewis died underground. "I understand you can't get perfect reception under a mountain. But when they learned there was a problem, they should have announced it immediately...
...lower scores in the categories of staff friendliness and appearance. “It was surprising to see that go down,” she said. “But it’s important to keep that in context. It’s still close to perfect.” Scores in those areas averaged between 4.2 and 5. Snyder said students articulated cravings for specific foods, rather than offering general suggestions. “The open comments tend to come back more related to products than overall dining,” she said. “It?...
...killed more than 75,000 and injured more than 128,000. It also left some 3.5 million people without livelihoods, food or homes. Short on supplies, and with time and nature working against them, aid workers are struggling to protect those survivors and prevent further deaths. "This is a perfect storm of relief obstructions," says Thomas Miller, chief executive of Plan International, an aid agency helping children. "You have landslides, snow and no roads to reach the people way up in the mountains." Further complicating relief efforts is the danger that militant Islamic groups operating from camps in Pakistani-controlled...