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...blossoming love, an indecent letter, a brutal crime. Misconstrued, they set the stage for a tragic transgression—an unforgivable sin—that will haunt Briony Tallis, the remorseful heroine of Ian McEwan’s novel “Atonement,” for the rest of her life...
...only eight weeks after her wedding to a dashing Brazilian equestrian, Alvaro Alfonso de Miranda Neto, known to his bride and the world's press as "Doda." On the face of it, everything was finally turning rosy for the young woman whose early life had been scarred by the tragic death of her mother, Christina Onassis, and circumscribed by the pressures of enormous wealth - an estimated $600 million she picked up as sole heiress to her mother's fortune. Even so, Athina, the last direct descendant of the legendary Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, had reason to expect more last...
...only woman captive killed by her kidnappers in Iraq has been Margaret Hassan, the British-Iraqi human rights worker; the details of her tragic end remain murky...
...gold--manages to get himself addicted to drugs and booze. After a string of arrests and a lot of self-destructive behavior, he winds up in a Minnesota rehab clinic, where he befriends a scary-funny gangster (also with a heart of gold) and falls in love with a tragic recovering crack addict (ditto). Redemption ensues...
...lush backdrop of elegant costumes and scenery. Taking place in 1930s Shanghai, “Countess” is a fitting end to their legendary partnership. Fiennes plays Todd Jackson, a blind former diplomat who starts his own nightclub after losing both his wife and daughter in a tragic act of terrorism (which caused his blindness). When Jackson crosses paths with a comely Russian Countess (Natasha Richardson), he finds his muse and the film finds its title. The Russian Countess Sofia Belinsky, booted from her woe-begotten homeland, is a high-society call girl, who reluctantly assumes the profession...