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...Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Finally, next May, comes Troy. You don't need to be a lovestruck teenage girl to notice that Bloom is one of the hottest talents in the business. In Pirates he plays Will Turner, who, with his olive skin and wispy goatee, must be the best-looking swordsmith in the West Indies. Fueled by love, Turner sets out with Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) to rescue damsel-in-corseted-distress Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) from dastardly pirate Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush). When you watch Bloom parrying onscreen, you see shades...
Some TV shows get under your skin with lovable characters or subtle writing. Nip/Tuck (FX, Tuesdays, 10 p.m. E.T.) uses a scalpel and liposuction hose. Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) and Sean MacNamara (Dylan Walsh) are wealthy Miami plastic surgeons--the former a seductive bad boy, the latter moral but uptight--and this subtle-as-an-implant drama shies away from neither their work's ethical implications nor its grossness. (Don't fix a snack before watching them carve up a patient's face like a radish rosette.) FX aspires to be the poor...
...trying to teach youngsters how to care for themselves. Says Elaine Sauer, who helped develop a Just for Teens package for the chain of Mario Tricoci spas in the Midwest: "We came up with a very informational facial. We really take the time to educate them about their skin...
Want the latest in sun protection? Kiehl's, the iconic New York City apothecary whose skin-care products have served Everest climbers and other rarefied clientele, has a superb line of lightweight, nongreasy Vital Sun Protection ($18). Also hot: UV monitors, left, from SunCheck.com that turn blue as sunscreen wears off (seven for $7.95). --By Julie Rawe
...Nile? A lot more than we did, thanks to a study published in the current issue of the journal Neurology. A detailed analysis of 23 cases conducted by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic found symptoms that they weren't expecting and didn't find some that they were. The skin rash thought to be the hallmark of the virus showed up in only about 25% of cases. On the other hand, nearly half the patients studied experienced significant muscle weakness or partial paralysis. In fact, paralysis--up to and including generalized quadriplegia--was so common that doctors are starting...