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DIED. DAN DECARLO, 82, Archie Comics cartoonist known for sketching curvy women; of pneumonia; in Scarsdale, N.Y. The creator of the characters Josie and the Pussycats and Sabrina the Teenage Witch, DeCarlo worked for the comics publisher for more than 40 years...
However, the policy could be more than merely ineffective—it could make the Justice Department’s job in investigating terrorism even more difficult. Collins’ letter may cause the Arab-American community to become more insular. By setting a blind ‘witch-hunting’ tone to the handling of the cases, the U.S. Attorney’s Office will offend recipients and make them less likely to respond or to cooperate with authorities...
...enthralling jam session to, of all things, the song “Do Re Mi.” In between, Connick demonstrates a free-spirited maturity with his clever interpretations of the “Oompa Loompa Song” and “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead,” and sails through “A Spoonful of Sugar” with a bouncy, as well as surprising, harmonic depth. Following in the tradition of Miles Davis’ cover of “Someday My Prince Will Come,” Connick demonstrates that kiddie...
...mountainside town. Passing through a tunnel, they arrive in a strange land where a spell turns the parents into pigs. That leaves their 10-year-old daughter, Chihiro, to save them. Nothing is as it seems here?a boy turns into a flying dragon, a paper bird into a witch, a sludge-covered bathhouse customer into a river god. But Chihiro learns the value of courage and determination and is transformed from a petulant coward into a triumphant heroine...
...Immediately, Miyazaki, who is married and has two sons, began to turn out hits. They ranged from a grown-up caper about a mischievous thief (Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro) to a sweet, children's story about an entrepreneurial young witch (Kiki's Delivery Service). "I don't think about messages or themes when I'm making my movies," he claims. "My goal is only to entertain." His genius is to cloak potent themes in stories that enchant. It's hard not to read an antiwar message in Porco Rosso, about a fighter pilot transformed into...