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Even though he might regret it, Franklin admits, “if you dare me I’ll still do it.” The dare he regrets the most...
...returned to Harvard this spring, wrote in an e-mail that he is sorry about the thefts. “I made some mistakes that I deeply regret and hurt some people in ways I wish I had not,” he wrote. “I hope I am a different person now and that people will be able to judge me for who I am today and not for who I was then...
...tradition: the chanson. Back in the 1960s, these nostalgic songs captured the hearts of music lovers with their emotion-charged lyrics and rousing delivery, sometimes, but not always, accompanied by the accordion. Charles Aznavour, Serge Gainsbourg, Françoise Hardy and others - with their haunting and spirited ballads of regret and doomed love - were in vogue around the world. Now, Delerm and artists like Keren Ann, Benjamin Biolay, Carla Bruni and Thomas Fersen are making chansons chic again. The new-old sound incorporates elements of big band, swing, old-fashioned melodrama and whispery vocals. "Many musicians have a certain attitude...
...Often, the team made those ghosts sing. Three adaptations in the early '90s?Mr. & Mrs. Bridge, Howards End and The Remains of the Day?lit a fire under the damp logs of failure, compromise and regret. These were elegant films, but also powerful movies, tragedies in a whisper. The Hollywood establishment nodded Merchant-Ivory's way, with 31 Oscar nominations and six statuettes; but Merchant still had to work his charm, hard, to finance their pictures. Not to worry. Another meal from this consummate host, this gourmet of life (he owned a restaurant and wrote several books on cuisine...
...Maureen, a middle-aged shut-in with a severely disabled son. Momentarily distracted from self-destruction, the four get to comparing notes. (Maureen is immediately judged the top gun, misery-wise. "Oh, yeah," says Jess. "That's a no-brainer. Don't change your mind. You'd only regret it.") They decide to put off jumping and instead form a bickering, wary, ad hoc fellowship. It's like The Breakfast Club rewritten by Beckett...