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...always been somewhat politically oriented,” he says, “but [the Madison summit] inspired me to go hard with it.” After that event, Tef signed up with America Coming Together (ACT), a nonprofit working to elect John Kerry. Along with several musicians he has worked with, Tef has begun to help local groups reach out to African-American voters and to younger voters...
...Millionaire, though he wins only $1,000 because he'd already forgotten the E volume, where "Erythrocyte" was defined. "Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of" is an excuse to retell his story of pretending to be Shine actor Noah Taylor at the Oscars because they looked somewhat alike. It works surprisingly well until Jacobs tries to fool Shine star Geoffrey Rush...
...make some very big changes in my collections. I don't want to just be the designer who makes salable clothes, I want to have some fantasy too." This season the fantasy came in the form of Elsa Schiaparelli-inspired straw hats and Chinese-style coolie hats that looked somewhat out of place among the signature fitted jackets and soft, fluid pants. One of the biggest changes came from Miuccia Prada, who suddenly abandoned the pretty, eccentric lady she introduced to fashion several seasons ago with a pared-down collection of stiff, narrow miniskirts, shrugged-on polo sweaters and penny...
Although Razaqi, who essentially plays himself as a capable guide and translator named Wali returning to Afghanistan from America, is somewhat better, he finds himself at the center of a series of contrived scenarios. The fictional Wali’s sudden declaration that the 9/11 attacks are attributable to American foreign policy choices is a perfunctory nod to political debate. Later, his decision to voice his skittishness in a meeting with hostile arms dealers is implausibly foolish...
Schwartzman’s character Albert is a post-puberty Max Fischer, with longer hair, a scraggly beard and none of the charm. Schwartzman opens the film by shouting a stream of obscenities; in person, he makes somewhat less of an impression. He balances his slight, thin build on a couch, sipping a glass of water and at one point sucking on a lemon. Schwartzman’s conversation—when he gets a word in edgewise amidst Russell’s freewheeling monologues—swings wildly from dull stories from the Huckabees set to an extended riff...