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Twenty-four hours after his visit to H.E.L.P., Cruise is at work, standing in the middle of his tennis court, brandishing a sword. In his next movie, The Last Samurai, he will star as a 19th century American mercenary in Japan. He has been training with Nick Powell, the film's stunt coordinator, who taught Russell Crowe how to use a sword for Gladiator. Cruise is ambidextrous, and he is already able to wield two weapons at once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: About Tom | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

...candidates know that having the White House on your side isn't a bad deal, especially when the President has approval ratings over 70%. It especially helps when he visits your state and helps raise campaign dollars. But the support can be a two-edged sword: not many candidates like being told what to do by White House advisers who aren't exactly up on the local political scene. It also doesn't help that said advice isn't always right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The White House Goes Local | 6/21/2002 | See Source »

...cast of local scenery-chewers. Anthony Quinn must have had dual citizenship back then: he played in "Attila" with Sophia Loren, "Ulysses" with Kirk Douglas and Silvana Mangano, and Fellini's Oscar-winning "La Strada" with Giulietta Masina. I didn't see the "Hercules" movies and other sword-and-sand epics, but they were probably the biggest-grossing Italian pictures of the decade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Two Voyages to Italy | 6/19/2002 | See Source »

...said in 1993 many of the accounting books for EWC had been thrown away and that Sword kept a milk carton full of receipts that were lost...

Author: By Amit R. Paley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: An Inglorious History | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

Both Lee and Sword were well-known on campus. Lee drove expensive sports cars, smoked Cuban cigars and owned an expensive stereo system. Sword served as business manager for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals and producer for CityStep, a student-run dance program for underprivileged children, and spent much of his time at the Fox final club...

Author: By Amit R. Paley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: An Inglorious History | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

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