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...people from Mabini, a small city in the central Philippines, started to leave for Italy to find better-paying jobs. Today, some 70% of the neighborhood is supported by monthly checks from Rome or Milan. Now, Italian-inspired villas crowd the town's hilly streets. There are flat-screen TVs, luxury cars and pricey Toblerone chocolates. But, as Florian De Jesus, a social worker in the area, observes, "In Italy, there are more women...
...willing to do whatever the coach wants to help the team, whether that’s scoring points, setting a good screen, or hitting the boards and grabbing a rebound,” she says...
...veritable cultural force, a Monday night event, a dictator of trends, and, some say, a harbinger of the apocalypse. I refer, of course, to that singular bane of male existence, “Gossip Girl.” Since making the jump to the small screen last fall, Cecily von Ziegesar’s series of novels has ensnared a whole new audience in its pernicious spell. But it seems that “Gossip Girl” (or, at least, “Gossip Girl” copycatting) has decided to re-infect the literary world. A number...
...lengthy hiatus in which to create music, the moniker “The Renaissance” should fit the album. On the energetic opener “Johnny is Dead,” Q-Tip raps, “Sometimes I phase out when I look at the screen / When I think about my chance for me to intervene / And it’s up to me to bring back the hope.” Which raises the question, does he succeed? In the same song, Q-Tip forcefully announces his return. The jazzy guitar licks, insistent bass line, sparklingly...
...tries to hunt down an international cabal called Quantum that may be responsible for blackmailing her. He’s still damaged goods, as much as he pretends not to be, which makes his vengeance all the more furious and fun to watch. Shrugging across the screen with a chip on his shoulder, Daniel Craig plays Bond with the right amount of reserve and just enough pathos to make him seem human. He must be part machine, though, considering the ease with which he waltzes through the film’s relentless action sequences. (There’s nothing...