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...thing - they had to work with, the editors gave us Colby, Colby, Colby (whose teeth are still remarkably white), who did his best to fill the void. The man is definitely out of Texas charm, skulking around glaring out from under an askew Mad Bomber hat and talking smack about, well, mostly talking smack about Keith. (How cooking too much rice and proposing to his girlfriend online was supposed to be good strategy, only Colby seemed to know...
...went to St. John's School for the Totally Bewildered in the docklands of Liverpool: 52 boys in a class, plenty of stick. Nobody expected writers to come from St. John's. You'd get a smack over the head: "Don't be foolish, sit down." To me, authors were dead men with long names. I left school at 15 and went...
...dreams of-what else-world domination. Some of the elements in his towering, Gothic seaside castle reflect a vibrant visual imagination, most notably a sprawling floor that proves to be composed of giant jigsaw puzzle pieces. Others, such as the robot minions whose limbs consist of nothing but thumbs, smack of watered-down Tim Burton...
...house circuit overseas. Japanese director Akira Kurosawa used to say that the best way to become international was to be as true to one's own culture as possible. Nonzee is no different, and tips his hat to Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou for the same reason. "His films all smack of the East, particularly Ju Dou, and I want to give Thai cinema the same sense of identity that Yimou gave Chinese cinema." Rival director and friend Ratanaruang has Nonzee down better than any. "I think he's more Chen Kaige than Zhang Yimou," he enthuses. "Kaige is capable...
...members are playing venues considerably smaller than the ones they're used to. But the experience may be just what Coldplay needs to develop from British darlings to world-class rockers. The band's charm is undeniable; its hooks are hard to shake. Who says first records by bands smack out of college have to be lyrically complex or push the envelope musically? In this teen-pop age, a collection of perfectly good rock songs that actually sells is cause for joy. And joy, in the end, is what cute bands are supposed to deliver...