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Discrepancies notwithstanding, the net impression is of a woman of substance, brave and smart and devoted, who plays a crucial--perhaps irreplaceable--role in Christianity's defining moment. So where did all the juicy stuff come from? Mary Magdalene's image became distorted when early church leaders bundled into her story those of several less distinguished women whom the Bible did not name or referred to without a last name. One is the "sinner" in Luke who bathes Jesus' feet with her tears, dries them with her hair, kisses them and anoints them with ointment. "Her many sins have been...
...Merovingian blood. (The Wachowski brothers, those cultural magpies, named a villain in The Matrix Reloaded Merovingian, filming him surrounded by Grail-like chalices. His wife in that film was played by Italian actress Monica Bellucci, who will also play Magdalene in Mel Gibson's upcoming Jesus film ... Sorry, this stuff is addictive.) The idea that Magdalene herself was the Holy Grail--the human receptacle for Jesus' blood line--popped up in a 1986 best seller, Holy Blood, Holy Grail, which inspired Brown's Da Vinci Code. When Brown said recently, "Mary Magdalene is a historical figure whose time has come...
Want to give an old lunch standby a new kick? Of the 210 million Americans who eat peanut butter, only 60 million are children. New all-natural flavored peanut butters from Peanut Butter & Co. and Peanut Betters are making PB&Js more than kid stuff. Flavors like Cinnamon Currant or Dark Chocolate Dreams are great with fruit, while savory blends like Rosemary Garlic and Thai Ginger & Red Pepper can also be used in recipes. --L.McL...
These lightning bolts of product stardom have led some manufacturers to push their wares on production and costume designers--outside the channels of paid product placement. "Companies send me all kinds of stuff," says Ritchie Kremer, a Hollywood prop master. Last summer a manufacturer offered Kremer a cool-looking pen, which the company hoped he would place in the hands of George Clooney, the star of Intolerable Cruelty, due in theaters in October. But the prototype didn't work, and the maker didn't have one that did. So Kremer used a pen from his prop stash instead...
...Taxes will only hurt the poor who have to eat this stuff. Government action will only inpede our ideals of capitalism. Victimization can only help us transfer the blame elsewhere, and that is excessively wrong. We must realize that it's our own fault. [Genetically engineered] foods and chemicals along with the messes of sugars are harmful. Because we refuse to pay the right amount of taxes and cut what the government was getting, we only hurt education institutions. That's where the solution starts. Allen Landon New Zealand...