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The new comedy Showtime, starring Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy, features De Niro as a serious, hardworking cop and Murphy as the over-the-top actor wannabe who gets in his way. The movie sells itself as a spoof on the buddy cop genre, with hilarious results.
Despite the wild success of Weezer’s new self-titled “Green Album,” Cuomo’s enthusiasm has tapered off. During our phone interview, he seems uninterested in discussing his fan base (“they could be the same as they...
The quote in tiny print on the liner notes for the Green Album seems to support this. Originally credited to Verdi, Cuomo told the BBC that the quote—“Torniamo all antico e sara un progresso”—loosely translates to ?...
Xiaowei had mastered those tricky English irregular verbs, perfected a convincing American drawl and could rattle off the 10 biggest U.S. cities by heart. So when the wannabe diplomat applied to a top Beijing foreign languages university, she couldn't believe it when a rejection letter followed. The reason? At...
After that? Family law. But in the meantime she may as well take a breather and reflect on an illustrious career as Harvard’s ultimate do-gooder wannabe socialite. She describes it best herself, and in rhyme to boot: “Now Theta, Now Isis, Now the...