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Cohen, who is Jewish, (his fiancée, “Wedding Crashers” star Isla Fisher, is converting for their upcoming wedding, as reported in The Evening Standard earlier this year) may easily escape allegations of anti-Semitism, but that alone doesn’t completely redeem his strategy. His thought process in “Borat” seems to be the following: if we present hyperbolic and laughable racism, viewers will see the absurdity underlying all harmful ethnic stereotypes...
...Souls,” they are nonetheless important additions to the repertory of American classical music. Though “My Father Knew Charles Ives” has its flaws, the beauty and cathartic quality of “The Dharma at Big Sur” more than redeem this release. Adams has done for the Pacific landscape with this piece what Aaron Copland did for Appalachia with his ballet music. Whether you’re a classical music fan or not, this album is not one to be missed...
...could have predicted the upswing in violence, now bordering on civil war, its destruction immediately caused? We would have Harvard students likewise know which group of Muslims eagerly awaits the coming of the twelfth Imam, who has reputedly been hidden for a millennium and who, it is said, will redeem the world when he returns. These bits of knowledge may seem pedantic, but they matter to a great many people (Iran’s unstable and millenarian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, to name a notable one) who, in turn, matter a great deal to the West. We cannot see how such...
...primarily to customers of SocG?n's Asian private bank, the fund is linked to a specially created Cayman Islands firm that, acting on the advice of wine experts and auction houses, buys and stores select vintages. Investors wanting to cash out after the minimum one-year holding period may redeem their shares for actual bottles of wine, which can be drunk or resold at a profit (or loss) by a wine broker. "It's a physical fund, and it's very liquid," quips Daniel Truchi, the CEO of SocG?n's private-banking operation in Asia. The minimum investment...
...more are the show's real-life parallels. Perry had a Vicodin problem while starring in Friends, and Sorkin has had well-publicized drug issues and network run-ins. (He left Wing in 2003 after problems with production delays.) Now they're doing a show that says talent can redeem a checkered past. Let's see if their lives can imitate their...