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...With a $23 million budget and cast that includes Bob Hoskins and Gabriel Byrne, Nair's adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair is her biggest film yet. Reese Witherspoon plays Becky Sharp, the 1820s London social climber who set the bar by which such mountaineers would forever after be measured. The buzz is all about how Nair has played up Thackeray's Indian influences?he was born in Calcutta?including a Bollywood dance number and an ending shot in the Rajasthani fort town of Jodhpur. The New York Times griped about the "outlandish" sight of Witherspoon doing...
...saying that we were shooting civilians, cutting off their ears, cutting off their heads, throwing away his medals or his ribbons. The next day he's standing there, 'I want to be President because I'm a Vietnam veteran.'" BOB DOLE, former Republican presidential candidate and World War II veteran, criticizing Democratic nominee John Kerry's stance on his war experiences...
...selling book, an anti-Kerry group has accused the Senator of dishonesty and cowardice during the war. Kerry hit back last week, accusing Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT) of doing the President's dirty work. The Bush campaign denies a connection. SBVT's biggest donor is Houston developer Bob Perry, who has given more than $4 million to Republicans, including Bush, and is a close friend of Bush adviser Karl Rove's. Of SBVT's 254 members, only one served on a boat Kerry commanded; Kerry's 10 other crewmates back him. Some group members say their real beef...
...those skills depend largely on training. "Many practitioners claim to be certified, although there is no standard of certification in this country for Thai massage," says Bob Haddad, who practices the discipline in Chapel Hill, N.C. Haddad is attempting to organize an alliance that would recognize practitioners who have had at least 200 hours of documented training and additional hands-on practice...
...trip to the Olympics for NBC--where he is serving as prime-time co-host (with Katie Couric) of his fourth Summer Games--has special significance for Bob Costas, whose family came from Greece. The Renaissance man of TV sports coverage, and HBO talk-show host, spoke with TIME's Josh Tyrangiel about Athens, athletes and Omar Bongo...