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...acting ability. Perhaps that's why, starring as the genie in the Christmas pantomime of Aladdin at London's New Wimbledon Theatre, she comes off so carefree and jubilant and manages to upstage a cast of two dozen actors and dancers, some of whom obviously have far more stage experience than her. "I'm here to serve you, Master," she says to an awestruck Aladdin after she descends to the stage on a glittery surfboard, wearing a bejeweled red leotard. "You now own the most powerful - and most downloaded - genie in the world...
...Aladdin, the gags come thick and fast - and that's even before Anderson wiggles and writhes across the stage in black stockings and pink platform shoes, "singing" Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle." In an early scene, Widow Twankey, Aladdin's transvestite mother whose outlandish outfits rival those of Lady Gaga, recounts why she had to return her antiperspirant to the local pharmacy: "The instructions said, 'Take off top and push up bottom.' I can't be doing that...
...caused the U.S. director of national intelligence to note that Yemen was "re-emerging as a jihadist battleground and potential regional base of operations for al-Qaeda." With a base in Yemen, al-Qaeda could launch attacks on the Red Sea gateway to the Suez Canal as well as stage operations against Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf. (See why Yemen faces a growing al-Qaeda threat despite U.S. assistance...
...Prophet and his family, its gentle rhythm and cadences imprinted indelibly in the minds of all Iranians. It is a unifying call to attention, since when one begins, it is customary for all to follow. Tonight it was also a vocal exercise. Four, five times it was repeated before stage two: "God is great," the battle cry. The thoughts of all turned to tomorrow...
...little navel-gazing while summoning the glories of Italian cinema in the Cinecitta era of the 1960s. Find a role for Sophia Loren! Cast Kidman as an amalgam of Claudia Cardinale and Anita Ekberg! And, just as anachronistic, have people sing their troubles, on a single bare stage. (See a photographic tribute to Sophia Loren...