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...past half-century: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Directors Chris Columbus (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which opens Nov. 16) and Peter Jackson (The Fellowship of the Ring, due Dec. 19) have been on a sacred, scary quest. Each director must feel like a kid or a Hobbit who's been given a broom or ring with odd powers and told to go save the world. So it's nice to see that early indications give hope to match the hype. Snippets of the Tolkien film enthralled viewers...
...decide. You watch." It is the smug view that we know what it is you need to know, and we're going to spoon feed it to you whether you like it or not. Granted, this view has been transformed over the last few years by the desperate quest for ratings and readers, leading to the ever greater prevalence of so-called "soft news." This is the principle of finding out what people want to watch and then giving it to them. To paraphrase Louis XVI: There go my readers, I better hurry up and lead them...
...bowler and record-setting title winner; after falling down a flight of stairs at a friend's house; in New Berlin, Wis. Anthony won 41 titles on the regular Professional Bowlers Association Tour, setting a record that still stands in a sport that was his second-choice career: his quest to become a major-league pitcher was derailed by an ankle injury in the minors. He failed to win a pro-bowling title until past age 30, but went on to become a six-time Bowler of the Year, the tour scoring leader five times, and the first to amass...
...with quirky portrayals in orphan movies. He may now be doing something even braver: anchoring serious or silly films with the haunting loneliness and eccentric rhythms that, even as a star, he can't shake. To invest his special gravity in nice-guy roles--this may be the strange quest and triumph of Nic the Nice...
...this is not to take a stand either for or against what Rumsfeld and O?Neill were out to do - although I do find both men?s quest on the sympathetic side. That is not the case with the week?s third case, Gary Condit...