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...native state of Sinaloa - provided some variety in the news for a nation weary of piles of corpses and vicious firefights in its relentless drug war. Newspapers plastered their front pages with images of Zuniga in bikinis and high heels. All seemed to be competing for the wittiest headlines. "Miss Narco," blared the tabloid El Metro. "Miss Sinaloa and the Seven Narcos," said the normally high-brow El Universal. She was compared to the heroine of Queen of the South, a fictional work about a beautiful drug trafficker currently being made into a Hollywood movie with celebrated Latina actress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Busted! Taking Down Miss Hispanic America | 12/27/2008 | See Source »

...amazing thing about Bill was that he was the same in front of a group of people as he was in private,” wrote Packrone, who is currently studying abroad, in an e-mailed statement. “He was always the funniest, wittiest person in the room and the most thoughtful in his comments...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Purcell, a Career of Focusing on Youth | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

...While Brits Hugh Laurie and Sacha Baron Cohen supplied the night's wittiest quips, comic Eddie Murphy turned in a snoozer of an acceptance speech for his supporting actor win as Dreamgirls' James "Thunder" Early. Surely beating Jack Nicholson warrants more than a couple shout-outs to his producers and agents? Backstage, when quizzed on jokes about his film career, Murphy snapped, ""Have I become that uncool?" No, Eddie, but it wouldn't hurt to write a few funny lines in case you get another crack at this speech thing at the Oscars. Or, there's always showing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Surprises From the Golden Globes | 1/16/2007 | See Source »

...synthesis of Hector’s quotes and Irwin’s awakening of historical passion meet with a third teacher, Mrs. Lindtott, masterfully portrayed by Frances de la Tour. Although she represents the epitome of the classic way, the only woman in the cast successfully develops both the wittiest humor and a profound emotional entanglement with the audience...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Education of The Ruling Class | 6/30/2006 | See Source »

...screen chops aren't essential to the job; Johnny Carson was a five-time winner as Oscar host. Besides, the new guy has miles of charm, glib ad-lib-ability and the planet's smartest comedy writers. If Stewart can't make this year's Oscar show the wittiest in memory ... well, the Academy could turn next year to another cool dude over at Comedy Central. Paging Stephen Colbert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And the Oscar (Gig) Goes to ... | 1/29/2006 | See Source »

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