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...last week with Western bankers. (Putin was on hand at the opening of the Russian-owned Lukoil's first U.S. gas station, in September, in Manhattan.) For the moment, big foreign players are giving him the benefit of the doubt. "We haven't changed our long-term perspective," says Peter Elam Hakansson, who manages a $250 million Russian-stock fund out of Stockholm for East Capital. "It's still one of the most exciting places to invest your money...
This, in microcosm, is what Crowe has been doing to moviegoers since his breakout performance in 1997's L.A. Confidential. He jerks them around with surliness, then seduces them with immense talent and charm. "Russell is very unpredictable," says Master director Peter Weir. "In life and on the screen you're never quite sure what he's going to do in any situation. It keeps you watching." Says Ron Howard, Crowe's friend and the director of 2001's A Beautiful Mind: "He's a pretty intense guy. And he is definitely, uh, well, the mood can shift...
...demonization, the attribution of boundless power and evil, clearly are classic signs of Jew hatred. But the more interesting question is this: Is anti-Semitism on a roll in Germany, 60 years after Auschwitz? The answer is no. Hence Günzel's immediate dismissal by Defense Minister Peter Struck, who called him "a confused and lonely general who agreed with an even more confused statement by a conservative member of parliament." Hence the uniform condemnation of both men in the opinion pages of the German press. But there is more significant evidence still...
...Peter Hall of the Theatre Royal Bath directs Shakespeare’s comedy of lovers in the forest. 8 p.m. Mon-Sat, 7:30 Sun, 2:00 Wednesday and Sunday through Dec. 21. Tickets $25-$67. Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St., Boston...
...Luke), embarks on a mishap-filled day of cooking and decoration to prepare her humble New York apartment for a Thanksgiving dinner with her estranged family (headed by Oliver Platt and Patricia Clarkson). Pieces of April showcases homegrown storytelling at its best and marks a strong directorial debut by Peter Hedges (the screenwriter behind About...