"I Served the King of England": Ignorance is bliss — and highly entertaining (Seattle Times)
"I Served the King of England": For his sixth adaptation of the works of renowned Czech novelist Bohumil Hrabal, veteran Czech director Jiri Menzel has concocted a luxurious, sexy and delightfully absurd comedy about a blindly ambitious waiter (Ivan Barnev, giving a remarkable Chaplinesque performance) who reaches the peak of high society by catering to Nazis and Communists in a decades-long ...
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Scenes from the battle to staunch flow of stab deaths (Guardian Unlimited)
London hospital's A&E grants the Observer access to witness how medical staff cope with knife crime
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Sexy Mendes billboard graces Times Square (Moldova.org)
A billboard promoting Calvin Klein Fragrances' new Secret Obsession line and featuring actress Eva Mendes naked has been installed in New York's Times Square.The billboard was unveiled Thursday in celebration of the fragrance launch, New York Fashion Week and the milestone 40th anniversary of Calvin Klein, Coty Inc. said in a press release.U.S. television networks recently banned a commercial ...
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That Sexy Jesus (Santa Fe Reporter)
An unwaveringly optimistic teacher tries to inspire a rag-tag group of high school drama-class kids in Hamlet 2 , a funny, inspired riff on uptight middle America and its intolerance of controversial art.
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The Lifestyle 50 (Times Online)
On the face of it, what could the scientist Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust, our biggest health research charity, and the childcare guru Gina Ford possibly have in common?
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Torched Hendrix guitar sells for $495,000 (Moldova.org)
A Boston, Mass., collector says he paid $495,000 at a London auction for the guitar believed to be the first Jimi Hendrix set on fire during a concert.It was something I wanted to have, Daniel Boucher, the new owner of Hendrix's charred Fender Stratocaster, told the BBC after the The Fame Bureau's It's More Than Rock and Roll memorabilia auction. I decided I would go the distance to get it. ... ...
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Welles' former dorm facing demolition (Moldova.org)
The school dorm in Woodstock, Ill., where War of the Worlds broadcaster Orson Welles once slept is facing demolition, former residents say.Caryl Lemanski, whose parents raised her in the dorm while serving as school employees, said even as a child, Welles would entertain others by telling stories at the Todd School for Boys, the Chicago Tribune said Friday.As a young fellow, Orson Welles would ...
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Man pleads guilty in Dunst theft case (Moldova.org)
A New York man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after he pleaded guilty in connection with a theft in actress Kirsten Dunst's hotel room.Dunst is best known for her roles in the Spider-Man trilogy, as well as in the films Interview with the Vampire,Wag the Dog,The Virgin Suicides,Elizabethtown,The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Marie Antoinette.Police said thieves ...
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Summery judgments (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Hot town, summer in the city at the movies (from May through Labor Day) – shorts, T-shirts, sandals; popcorn, soda, Red Vines. The sunny season accounts for nearly half of Hollywood's annual ticket sales. This year's revenue was about even with last year's record $4 billion summer.
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Director doesn't keep up with film (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
"Dead Poets Society," "Dangerous Minds," "Mr. Holland's Opus," all "great" movies about "great" teachers inspiring their students to achieve great things - all movies referenced lovingly by Steve Coogan's "inspiring" teacher in "Hamlet 2." All are slandered mercilessly in this demented profanity of a comedy from "South Park" writer Pam Brady. "Hamlet 2" doesn't fall "trippingly" off the tongue. ...
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