Word: vanillaism
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...demand ingenue in movies. With more than two dozen European and American films to her credit, she will, in the coming months, star in Blow as Johnny Depp's cocaine-addled wife, in the World War II romantic drama Captain Corelli's Mandolin opposite Nicolas Cage and in Vanilla Sky, directed by Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous) and co-starring Tom Cruise. That film is a remake of the 1997 Spanish psychological thriller Abre los Ojos, which also starred Cruz (she's reprising her original role) and proves that despite her success you don't have to look...
...film was released. "My life became totally different." But some things never change. Even after Belle Epoque and All About My Mother (both won Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category) brought American producers and directors courting, she always knew that "I wasn't done with Spain." With Vanilla Sky completed, she'll return to her birthplace to make her next movie. Cruz explains: "My home's still in Madrid. I love the way people take time for themselves. They work hard. But they have time for their friends and time for silence...
...steel-mill town of Munster, Ind., members of the Family Christian Center don't have to go very far to order a tall vanilla latte or a grande cafe mocha. The church has opened a Starbucks right in its lobby. The coffee bar, above, part of the church's Heavenly Grounds Cafe & Bookstore, doesn't sell much coffee--about 200 cups a week--but that's not the point. "It tears down walls and the perception that church is stuffy and cold," says Melodye Munsey, co-pastor (with her husband Steve) of the 6,000-member nondenominational church. "People...
...whiteness: love of Joni Mitchell. A fondness for the Midwest. A taste for soy milk, vanilla flavored. Tendency to be underdressed at any event. Disdain for black-eyed peas. The ability to dwell, for long spells, in a world not eclipsed by race. Skin, eyes, hair. My mother...
...joint. For that, the Geode showed more promise. You can add as much as 128 MB of memory, and there are deals in place to provide all kinds of "Geo-coded" software add-ons. For now, I'm holding out for one that can point me to the nearest vanilla cappy...