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...audience is also one of the most far-ranging: Indian films are watched in more than a hundred countries, their fan base drawn from the 25 million Indians working abroad as well as moviegoers from Southeast Asia to Africa for whom Shah Rukh Khan is as big a star as Brad Pitt...
...Ainge pulled off a pair of heists, bringing Kevin Garnett, the 6-ft. 11-in. (2.1 m) EX-MVP who is one of the most versatile players ever, and sweet-shooting guard Ray Allen to Boston. There they joined Paul Pierce, an automatic scorer and a six-time All-Star himself. Nice. But none of these guys have ever sniffed a championship. And they have only one ball to share...
That might be unlikely - male gorillas, after all, are happily polygynous, mating with multiple females in their group. (It's good to be the silverback.) But there might just be something special about Leah. Breuer had earlier observed Leah (named inexactly after Princess Leia of Star Wars) using a crude tool - another first - testing out the depth of a pond with a long stick, rather than simply diving in. The very humanness of her experimentation struck him. "That observation was so interesting," says Breuer. "Very often they find solutions to problems in the same way as you or I would...
...Shooting Star The untimely death of Heath Ledger brings much sadness to those who knew and loved him, not to mention those of us who simply knew him from his movies [Feb. 4]. He had so much more to offer. I will remember him best for his poignant portrayal of Ennis Del Mar, one of the gay cowboys in Brokeback Mountain. Ledger showed great sensitivity and understanding in conveying all the joy and pain his character experienced. That is the measure of a great actor. For that, Ledger will be truly missed. Frederick R. Bedell Jr., BELLEROSE...
Ledger's unfortunate passing should serve as a warning. He complained of not being able to sleep and of working so hard that he was unable to talk or move at the end of some days on the set. It's been said that movie star Judy Garland, who also died young, said she had to take pills to get to sleep at night and more pills in the morning before filming. See a medical doctor if you don't feel well. Kenneth Larson, LOS ANGELES...