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...audience received his jokes indulgently but not warmly. He wasn?t David Letterman (another TV outsider who bombed as an Oscar host in 1995), but he wasn?t Steve Martin or Billy Crystal. There were moments when the usually unflappable Stewart, gauging the tepid response, made the flop-sweat asides of a bombing standup comic. (?Work with me.? ?I?m a loser.?) And part of his problem was that he was working against the prejudices of the room rather than toadying to them...
After all, the most musically adventurous track is called “Ridin’ Rims”. And that’s just fine. The deep-fried keyboards, the sweat-drenched white tees and open-top convertibles of Jizzal Man, Parlae, Pimpin and Buddie are exactly what I need in this freezing weather. You know what...
...crew. But it isn't working. 'Let me do the light myself,' Spielberg says, holding the lantern so that the slaves' tortured faces are perfectly illuminated. He even shoots a second-unit 'insert' scene of a crumpled letter tossed onto a table. 'I like to sweat the details ... The second-unit stuff is what makes the audience eat the popcorn faster...
...mind-body connection in sports is not some New Age construct. Thoughts have direct and powerful connections to all sorts of physiological functions. Think hard enough about jumping out of an airplane, and your heart will start to race and your palms to sweat. Other thought-induced changes may be more subtle, and for athletes who rely on fine motor skills, those imperceptible adjustments can mean the difference between a strikeout and a home...
...Chinese stars have a habit of emerging almost fully formed from the country's secretive sports system. In China, athletics are viewed as a tool for national glory, not individual accomplishment. During mandatory national-team training, such as the session in Jiangmen last month, China's tennis stars must sweat through seven hours of practice a day. Coaches, most of whom never played competitively on an international level themselves, rely on monotonous drills to keep the women in shape. Roommates are assigned and mealtimes set. Letting loose at a nightclub, as Anna Kournikova or Jennifer Capriati might, is forbidden. "Foreign...