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...ensuing battle of wills, Brando would refuse to come to the set if Oz was present. De Niro had to direct Brando's big emotional scene, while Oz watched the action on an off-site monitor and sent instructions to De Niro via an assistant director. When they were in the same room, Brando also jabbed at Oz by calling him Miss Piggy and telling him, "I bet you wish I was a puppet so you could stick your hand up my a__ and make me do what you want." Still, Oz gave Brando plenty of freedom...
...square, Piazza Martiri dell'Olivetta. Start your visit with a coffee or cocktail at La Grippa, a waterfront bar well situated for watching handsome strollers drawn by such nearby shops as Armani and Celine. But don't linger too long. Head for the town's friendly information office at Via Roma 35, just behind the piazza, and get maps for a bracing walk along the shore. A short path, 20 minutes each way, will take you past the church and castle of San Giorgio to the local lighthouse at the tip of a promontory. A longer hike brings...
...work, I got lost among the soaring skyscrapers of midtown Manhattan and arrived to check in with the receptionist with only five minutes to spare. After filling out the requisite paperwork, I rode to the 24th floor only 10 minutes late. I chatted with the security guard via intercom and then stepped into the gray and green hallway that would be my office for the next eight weeks. The place was completely empty. My coworker Miriam cheerily informed me at 9:45 that no one comes in on Mondays. The other interns all had the day off. I didn?...
...Jangs finally won their freedom after a tense three nights sleeping on the floor of a conference room in the Beijing office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. The Chinese government agreed to let them fly to Seoul, via Singapore and Manila. The timing likely worked in their favor?the International Olympic Committee will vote on July 13 on whether to award Beijing the honor of hosting the 2008 Summer Games, which means China's human rights record is under intense scrutiny. Eighteen months ago, Beijing was roundly criticized after it repatriated seven North Koreans who had been granted...
...information about more than 231,000 artists from the 4th century to the present. To access the databank, an art lover needs a subscription - $20, the minimum, gets you 20 searches - but soon anyone will be able to search the databank on a per-minute basis and be billed via phone bill. Ehrmann also provides wholesale rates for banks, insurance companies and other businesses that put valuations on fine art. He may be his own best customer. He claims to have saved around $28,000 on an André Vincent Becquerel sculpture at last year's Biennale in Paris...