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...been that long since he wrote Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which spent four of those years on best-seller lists. The answer, apparently, is Venice. That makes sense: Where else could Berendt find the mix of rich gossip and Gothic calamity that made his portrait of Savannah, Ga., so fascinating...
...first to admit it." Throughout, West careered between the Protestant ethic and street fantasies, revealing himself to be wise and stupid, arrogant and insecure, often in the same breath. But by baring his flaws and being self-critical--and daring listeners to do the same--he created a fresh portrait of African-American middle-class angst, and you could dance...
...every potential pitfall, Carell and Director Judd Apatow have an answer. Cliché humor like a white man speaking ghetto? Carell’s delivery assures new amusement, fo’ sho. An over-the-top portrait of the graying virgin? The movie portrays an awkward individual you might actually see walking down the street. Creating a stream of jokes about sex that are only there for shock value? Carell and Apatow have co-written a continuously raunchy comedy that pushes more buttons than “Bad Santa” and is consistently side-splitting...
...been unwrapping her--not physically, which would cause enormous damage, but virtually. Using more than 60,000 high-resolution X-ray images from scans that produce 35 times as much information as the scans of King Tut released earlier this year, the team has put together a three-dimensional portrait of what lies within her casing...
...sheep fields were just the same, but the VC changed Kenna's life for good. In between raising four children and being town hall curator for 34 years, he's met royalty, traveled the world for reunions and ceremonies, led Anzac Day marches, given countless talks, sat for his portrait, and been depicted on postage stamps. When the Duke of Gloucester presented what Kenna calls "the gong," Marjorie was only 20 and not sure she'd cope with all the attention. "But Ted said I should just be myself, and that's what we've done ever since...