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...which could be the next big social movement in American life. The anti-fur campaign, organic dairies, free-range chickens--they strike me as harbingers of something big to come, maybe not in a decade but during this century. Although I admire the commitment of the animal-rights folks--except for their great moral lapse on animal testing of drugs that can fight aids and other diseases--I'm quite likely to be on the other side of the lunch counter. My vegan phase was great, but after three weeks I broke under the torture of a grilled-cheese sandwich...
What rescues the film from tragic schematization are two factors. One is the killer hired to track the Sullivans, Jude Law's Maguire. He's a crime-scene photographer who often commits the crimes he photographs. He is modernism's eerie representative: clever, amoral, unpredictable except for his insatiable bloodlust. He is one scary...
...with, by our professionalism and abilities as pilots," she says. "The grades are given out regardless of race and gender. It's satisfying to see that women in the cockpit are now unremarkable within the pilot world." She doesn't think she approaches her job differently than a man, except perhaps in one respect. "I'll admit when I don't know something," she says, laughing. "I'm not sure some of my colleagues would think that's a career-enhancing style...
...Winners ANNA NICOLE SMITH Buxom widow to star in her own reality TV show. It's like Survivor, except the contestants are all geriatric millionaires CINTIO VITIER Cuban poet wins prestigious Mexican prize for literature. He's a scholar, a humanist-and still far less famous than Anna Nicole Smith JON STEWART Comic extends his news satire program The Daily Show to CNN International. Early word has Gallagher pegged for Kabul bureau chief Losers WINNIE MADIKIZELA-MANDELA Nelson's ex-wife in court for fraud. All this is just Winnie's way to make sure that Halle Berry plays...
...Except that this arena was the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, New York, 13,000 km from Bombay. Most of the stars had flown through 11 time zones to be at last month's Bollywood Awards (and to pick up checks ranging from $10,000 to $70,000). Their Indo-American fans, many gorgeously dressed in turbans or silk saris, had come to bond with their homeland's most popular art form. "Every South Asian grows up with some kind of connection to Bollywood," notes Indian writer (and Brooklyn resident) Suketu Mehta. "In certain ways, it's what unites...