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...Colin Firth plays John's father Jim, a sardonic, kindly and unkempt World War I vet who dallied with French whores at war's end before being fetched home. John's daffy older sister Marion (Katherine Parkinson, whose voice is as treacherously sweet as cotton candy) is halfway to becoming a Miss Havisham. The youngest Whittaker is Hilda (Kimberley Nixon), who is both jealous of Larita and bewitched by her and is, in her troublemaking, a clear precursor to Briony of Ian McEwan's Atonement, written nearly 75 years after Coward's play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Easy Virtue: Jessica Biel Shakes Up the Brits | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

Cosby also leaves behind his sister, Shenita, who flew in from Atlanta upon hearing the news, and his longtime girlfriend whom he met in college...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Friends, Neighbors Remember Cosby’s 'Strong' Presence | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...Little things like that is how we progress,” Rosenfeld says. Even as the group expands and diversifies itself, the dance remains true to its South African origins. Words in Zulu are repeated with every sequence.Naseemah Y. Mohamed ’12, Shazrene Mohamed’s sister, calls the language behind the dance extremely repetitive. “Even if it is very simple and basic,” she says, “there are a lot of ornaments that, combined with ululation and shouting, creates a dynamic.” Naseemah considers joining Gumboots...

Author: By Margherita Pignatelli, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gumboots Stomp in Sync | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...Details of MPs' expenses were due to be published by the authorities in expurgated form this summer. Instead, the uncensored information reached the opposition Tory-supporting Daily Telegraph and its Sunday sister paper. The imbroglio piles on the discomfort for Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who already trails the Conservatives in public affection. A general election isn't due until the spring of 2010, but Tory leader David Cameron has called for an immediate poll. Voters "want to elect a new Parliament. Their view is that swapping one person in a funny black costume for another funny black costume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Expense Scandal Claims Its First Big Victim | 5/19/2009 | See Source »

...juror at the trial of Michael Skakel. (She was not.) William's towering professional achievements and his genuine affection for his son were offset by impatience, impulsiveness, arrogance, gluttony and criminal thoughtlessness. He walked out of Christopher's Yale graduation because he was bored. He blew off his sister's funeral to accept an award...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He Could Not Stop for Death | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

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