Word: vous
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...arouses older novelist Charlotte Rampling by sunbathing in the nude and bringing louts home to stay over. Neither film is a masterpiece, but both address the envy of old souls contemplating young flesh. Amid the cinematic dross, a jewel emerged: Sylvain Chomet's Les Triplettes de Belleville (Belleville Rendez-Vous). This animated feature, about an old woman who battles the French Mafia to retrieve her kidnapped godson, possessed what other Cannes entries lacked: a vivid visual imagination, a generous wit, an understanding of the human impulse not just to survive but to save others. Dogville may have...
...products are somewhat different. Patent medicines are less in demand now, and if there are any home remedies in stock, they are dwarfed by a modern refrigerator that holds biological serums and penicillin. Business is strictly ethical, and though students may use the store telephone to schedule a rendez-vous, they know better than to ask for benzedrine...
...into another G.M. opportunity down the road. Robinson, a Hall of Famer, must truly love the game. He certainly has the players' respect, but hasn't made much headway with Montreal's native language. Robinson wished one of the team's Francophone beat writers "Bonne chance." "Bonne chance a vous," the writer responded. "Uh, what's that now?" It's a shame Robinson didn't get it. No manager needs luck more...
...Harlem on My Mind" (1933), by Ethel Waters, on "Irving Berlin: A Hundred Years." This bluesy number about Josephine Baker, the homesick toast of Paris ("and my parlez-vous will not ring true/ With Harlem on my mind"), was introduced by Waters, the most persuasive, least remembered chanteuse of the days. She does soft, she does raspy; she does both Baker and Berlin sweet justice...
...Lady Marmalade,” which features five of the hottest divas in the music world—Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliot, Mya and Pink—and the French come-on line, “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?” is the number one song in the country...