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...flight of stage stairs, tearing a ligament. Last year Bo Bice broke his foot during some rigorous onstage bouncing. And now McPhee has tripped backstage, fracturing her left foot. All of which makes us wonder what those singers need more: to prove Simon Cowell and America wrong or to wear slightly more sensible shoes...
Usually they are based around an attitude. Years ago, a friend of mine was flying to L.A., and his girlfriend hadn't flown much. I remember her saying, "I was so excited. I was trying to figure out what I was going to wear on the plane, and I changed my outfit three times." I was 26, and I found that being that excited about something that was so commonplace was kind of engaging. That kind of spirit becomes Ed Grimley [on Saturday Night Live]. If the phone rang, before he answered it, he'd turn to the camera...
...area. Now, even Iraqis feel unsafe in Amariyah. Mahmud began to move out his extended family earlier this year when the neighborhood was taken over by a jihadi gang that imposed an extreme interpretation of Islamic law. Women were forbidden to drive, men were ordered not to wear shorts, and shops selling Western goods were firebombed...
Like many Iraqis, Wisam likes to drive pedal to the metal, and while it's a good idea to get away from Amariyah as fast as possible, I am acutely conscious that I'm not wearing my seat belt. Iraqis never wear one, and for me to buckle up would be like sticking a FOREIGNER ON BOARD sign on the windshield, a bad idea in a city where kidnapping gangs are known to cruise for lucrative targets. As an Indian, I can often pass for a local if I keep my mouth shut--my Arabic is rudimentary--but in public...
...Museum of Modern Art Now available: MoMA Audio, a selection of museum tours as downloadable podcasts. Wear your own earbuds as you walk through the special exhibitions or the permanent collection; separate audio tours are available for kids and for the visually impaired...