Word: tibet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...creatively multilingual Seven Years in Tibet, Brad Pitt begs such a question, as he has his way with an allegedly Austrian accent through widespread and wanton application of generic "movie accent" elements like long vowels and rolled R's. Yet this phonetic plum pudding, a synthetic dialect of sorts, fits the story's cross-cultural spirit. Ultimately, the blooming of emotion that marks the central transformation of Pitt's character in the face of Tibetan culture makes an otherwise sappy moral and politically correct focus much more palatable...
...this as an occasion for discussion," he said. "We are trying to set up a time, assuming this goes through, to have a large public gathering where people with different points of view can express their opinions, including people who have interest in human rights [and] in Tibet...
These days BRAD PITT may feel like spending seven years in Tibet, or at least somewhere a little less media-saturated than the U.S. The actor won a court order to prevent Playgirl from distributing any more copies of its August issue, which features two-year-old snapshots of him sunbathing in the nude with then girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow. Unfortunately the judge did not order Playgirl to collect the 300,000 or so copies that were already in subscribers' mailboxes and on newsstands, thus creating a publicity bonanza for the flesh mag. Pitt is pursuing a lawsuit, despite the fact...
...suggestions that it's all a ploy designed to distract the press from what would have been the year's most ogled nuptials. Pitt already faced one unwelcome torrent of attention this month when it was revealed that Heinrich Harrer, the character he plays in Seven Years in Tibet, who is meant to be a good guy, went on to serve the Third Reich in real life. As for Duets, in which he was supposed to star with Paltrow and be directed by her dad Bruce--awkward as it sounds--his publicist says he will fulfill his obligations. After...
SENTENCED. CHADREL RINPOCHE, 58, high-ranking Tibetan monk accused of leaking information to the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader; to six years in prison; on charges of disclosing state secrets and conspiracy to split China; in Xigaze, Tibet. Chadrel is a casualty of China's determination to assert its authority over Tibet's spiritual life...