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Eventually Tarantino did get a script done and started preproduction, but by then Thurman was pregnant with her son Roan, now 20 months. (Thurman and Hawke also have a daughter Maya Ray, 5.) Tarantino, who likes to use nuclear hyperbole when mere exaggeration would do, says replacing Thurman with another actress was out of the question. "Would Sergio Leone have replaced Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars? Would von Sternberg have replaced Dietrich in Morocco?" he asks. "I knew how good she was going to be in this movie, so we waited...
...Phillips--Van Heusen, the giant shirt company that acquired Klein's label for $438 million earlier this year. Here was an icon of American fashion, the man who gave the world designer denim in the '70s and put underwear over the top in the '80s, a mere spectator at the debut of his designated successor, a virtually unknown 32-year-old from Brazil named Francisco Costa...
Sure, hobbies and retirement go hand in hand, as quilting grandmas and golfing grandpas will attest. For some, however, hobbies go from a mere distraction to a full-blown obsession, invigorating enthusiasts from train lovers to map collectors. Indeed, some experts believe there's a significant health benefit to be gained by immersion in a passion. "What gets a person out of [depression] is when you're engaged in a stimulating endeavor," says Bernard Landis, 77, a psychologist-psychoanalyst. Six years ago, he cut back his practice and enrolled in art school, and this May he graduated with a B.F.A...
...ground, the defense was smothering, recording five sacks and holding Brown to a mere three for 14 on third-down efficiency. Three of the Bears’ four fourth-down conversion attempts were rudely squashed, including a second-quarter screen pass to tight end Nick Christ that senior defensive end Brian Garcia sniffed out and shut down for a five-yard loss that gave Harvard the ball on its own 41. The Crimson would score on that possession to make the score...
...markets, but how that connects to policies emanating from Washington. In his new book, Krugman admits that even he was surprised by how intertwined economics and politics have become in his columns. He writes that “it gradually became clear that something deeper than mere bad economic ideology was at work. The bigger story was America’s political sea change...