Word: smiling
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...very notion that a fluffy summer action movie should be headed by America's most beautiful serious actor (or seriously beautiful one) paints a flummoxed smile on the faces of Depp's admirers. This is, after all, a film based on a Disney theme-park attraction--not a cool thrill machine like the Tower of Terror or a camp classic like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride but the staid Pirates of the Caribbean. For this project, Depp put aside the nutsy-greatsy auteurs of his past (Tim Burton, John Waters, Terry Gilliam, Jim Jarmusch) to team up with Gore Verbinski...
...customers are very rich," he says with a smile, and tells me they are mostly bankers, doctors or industrialists. "My cheapest paintings cost $28,700". Despite his Zen leanings, Tan appreciates the good life his art has provided for him. He drives a trendy Mini Cooper in a country where vehicle-registration costs and taxes drive the price for that model up to $69,000, and he dines at Au Jardin, where the famous D?gustation menu comes with a bill for more than $80. Tan acknowledges he is a big spender: "Buddhism is not against making money; it's against...
...bypass the elephants though even if he'd wanted to. As the First Family came upon a group of three pachyderms, a male seized the moment to make an amorous move. The engagement was protracted. The President's pickup had to just sit there. Bush turned once to smile at the press pool following behind him and after the two animals separated, snapped his baseball cap on his head as if he'd just come out the other end of an unexpectedly brisk carnival ride. "It's the heavy petting zoo," quipped one reporter...
...People who smile three times a day should make...
...POOWANIDA KUNPALIN, spokeswoman for Thailand's Culture Ministry, announcing a campaign that encourages Thais to smile more often...