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...probably haven't noticed García Bernal. But if you saw him on screen or in person, you'd pay attention. He has the face of a streetwise seraph--luscious lips that break into a mile-wide, million-dollar smile; green eyes sending out searchlights to communicate with the stranger across from him; a gentle intensity that turns a conversation into a blend of confession and first date. All this has caught the eye of some of the world's sharpest directors. "I think that Gael is one of the best actors of his generation," says Motorcycle Diaries director Walter...
...pack-a-day smoker, Beata Zvástová, a 43-year-old manager of a Bratislava post office, is no stranger to sudden coughing fits. But what she felt during her Sept. 23 shift was no smoker's cough. "I felt as if my air tube was about to stick together," she says. "I kept trying to clear my throat." When she saw her colleagues were also choking, she called the police. Last week, the Slovak Interior Ministry confirmed that Zvástová's post office had been attacked by a mixture of chloropicrin and phosgene, two chemicals...
...often asked that question, and certainly not by a relative stranger. Toback had revealed with his pointed inquiry that if he cared whether or not I had stories in my soul, he must have a few lurking around in his, a fact that’s further reflected in his work, for better or worse. We went on to chat for a solid two hours, riffing on his career in cinema, his views on Hollywood and his personal life, with plenty of comi-tragic anecdotes thrown...
...will drive all along the Marseilles seafront in search of a German pub. If I find it, I’ll know Klaus was successful. Before falling asleep, I put my backpack against the door. It’s still uncomfortable to be in the house of a stranger who lives alone. A stranger who, for unclear reasons, has taken in a random person from the street...
...train leaves. My conscience tells me that I haven’t treated him well, running off as soon as I could. He had been so uniquely open and generous—but I am unused to kindness from a stranger, and as for Klaus, I think all he needed was someone who would listen for a night...