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...food. To ship treats like Vandererfven jam and Destrooper cookies (from $56) go to www.giftsofcourse.com. For Him When Tag Heuer first introduced the Formula 1 watch in 1986, it became an immediate Christmas classic. In fact, he's probably still wearing his old one. Replace it with this new, flashier model. About...
...Earlier this summer, Shido performed a sold-out, monthlong Kabuki run at the Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon in the heart of Tokyo's youthful Shibuya district. The series, conceived and headlined by older-generation star Kankuro Nakamura, offered audiences a flashier, faster version of the arcane art form?including a grand finale in which a police car bursts onstage through the back door. "I want people who have never seen Kabuki before to come to Cocoon," Shido says. "My hope is that they'll go because of me, and leave with a real interest in Kabuki." He'd no doubt...
...film written by Luke that he will co-direct with Andrew. Luke will play the lead, a fast-talking huckster trying to go straight. But as close as the brothers are, Luke expresses some impatience about the frequency with which people ask about his relationship with his flashier brother Owen. "What can I say but I love the guy?" he says. "I hold him above me, as a writer and an actor." Then he adds, "I was talking to [actor] Harry Dean Stanton the other day and I said, 'Harry Dean, what should I say when people ask me such...
...scan can diagnose even that severe condition, let alone something opaque like "histrionic personality disorder." (For which the DSM lists the following as a sign: "consistently uses physical appearance to draw attention to self." So I'm sick if I exchange my Aunt Thelma's drab sweaters for flashier ones every Christmas...
Inconspicuous, off to the side, backing up a flashier partner, putting out fires when called upon - it's a role Dick Cheney has played his entire life. Throughout his remarkable career - White House chief of staff to Gerald Ford, six-term Congressman, Secretary of Defense to the first President Bush and Vice President to the second - Cheney's success has derived from his unparalleled skill at serving as the discreet, effective, loyal adviser to higher-profile leaders. He did once flirt with the idea of twirling the flaming baton himself, considering a 1996 run for President. But the idea...