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...think of Cleopatra as the cunning sexpot who took the world by storm, spangled herself in gold and bent powerful men to her will. In other words, we think of her as Elizabeth Taylor. "Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth" would have us remember her first as the sober-minded and politically adroit monarch who confronted the growing might of Rome. Following a highly successful run at the British Museum in London, this show brings its ancient treasures and new insights to Chicago's Field Museum. In statuary of the 1st century B.C., Cleopatra is voluptuous but coldly imperial...
...this is a remake of Max Ophuls' The Reckless Moment (1949). She's trying to protect her son from a predatory lover who is accidentally killed; he's an agent of evil too soulful for his own good. Their gripping story is told with sober conviction in this elegantly made, romantically doomy, curiously affecting movie...
Lewis, 28, aims to use a different built-in audience to try what she calls an "educational" talk alternative. Talking in the "library" of The Ananda Lewis Show's set, still under construction, Lewis is intensely earnest--at MTV, she took on sober-minded topics like mental-health awareness and "driving while black," even though the job also required reporting from the Beach House. Her determined high-mindedness extends to the names of her Chihuahuas, Einstein and Mozart...
...humanity. He’s kind, interesting, helpful and simple in a way that means a lot to a truck stop staffer at 3 a.m. And he’s also a good, quiet influence on the sometimes-tough-to-handle bar crowd, which usually stops in to sober up about the same time Gary is coming in for his muffin before a morning of thoroughbreds...
...Goes to where the action is. Prepares...prepares...becomes. Will throw a punch at a photog or anyone who provokes him. Is a stand-up guy. A man's man. A trusted friend. An actor's actor. A wonderful poet, screenwriter, director. Father of Dylan and Hopper Jack. Even sober, the one to party with. Enjoy the differences in each of his performances. Dark energy exploding like a sun. Shows up everyone with his brilliance. Lives in a moment-to-moment reality. Uses all his senses in his work. Makes the accident work...