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...went home, was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash and stopped being Bob Dylan for a while. In truth, he was never that Bob Dylan again; the past four decades have been a fascinating coda to the brief musical miracle this documentary captures...
...drugs, but the historical record shows that his officers did think he was under the influence. The friendship between Pandey and a British officer is invented and improbable, but it's justifiably in the film to prevent it from tipping over into chauvinism. The friendship also reflects the historical truth that not all British soldiers were racists, and that amidst its looting and profiteering, the Company did some good?for instance, by banning sati (wife burning...
...potentially so important. Yet there's no guarantee they will help stabilize the country. Historically, power in Afghanistan has been seized; asking for votes is an unfamiliar exercise. Indeed, campaign posters plastered on walls, windows and rusting Soviet-era tanks around the country reflect a vagueness of mission. "Truth, faithfulness, good work. Think of me and my agenda when you vote," pleads one candidate. Others promise peace, demilitarization and reconstruction?noble goals, for sure, but hardly likely to be within their reach. What's more, all 5,800 candidates for the 249 parliamentary seats and 420 provincial council posts...
...Truth Is as Beautiful as Fiction But why stop there? Rain's managers believe he could be the first Korean star to break into the U.S. market. Park Jin Young, the pop impresario who discovered and trained Rain, is a talented dancer and songwriter who has worked with U.S. artists like Mase and Will Smith. Since setting up camp in Los Angeles last year, Park has been shopping his prot?g? around to U.S. production companies. Rain almost managed to score a track on rapper Lil' Kim's latest album?but the plan fell apart after Kim was convicted of perjury...
...Truth Is as Beautiful as Fiction Most writers are happy to achieve success in a single format, but such a career would bore gifted polymath Vikram Seth. The Indian-born author has already delighted readers with poetry, translations of Chinese verse, a book of travels through Tibet, a libretto and the monumental novel A Suitable Boy. This fall, Seth releases his latest foray into a new genre: a memoir titled Two Lives, which tells the true story of how his Indian granduncle Shanti fell in love with and married a Jewish-German woman after World War II. The book will...