The whirlwind Hollywood romance of the century — OK, of the past two months — is over. Faster than you can say "media exposure," Britney Spears has been dumped by her model beau, Isaac Cohen — reportedly by a cell phone call. Ouch!Still, the short-lived relationship was a good influence on the divorcing diva, Isaac pal Yaniv Fituci tells Star: "He toned her down for sure. … One night, he made her go back to the hotel early because he had an audition in L.A. the next morning and needed some sleep — he’s very professional — and she complied."
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As they say in "Casablanca," I’ve been misinformed. Still, most of the responsibility rests with me. I was misinformed by the promising cast of "Norbit" — Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Clifton Powell, Cuba Gooding Jr. — a bunch of talented folks. My fault: not connecting the title with those horrid advertising snippets where an 800-pound female Murphy squashes a quasi-male Murphy like a bug, with an unbelievably stereotyped bucktooth "Chinese" Murphy doing unspeakable things.
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"Hannibal Rising" marks the fifth installment in the ongoing saga of Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the twisted, flesh-eating genius personified so memorably by Anthony Hopkins in "The Silence of the Lambs." Let’s hope it’s the last.
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Never mind what you’re seeing in an Anthony Minghella picture, says the Oscar-winning director of "The English Patient" — it’s all about what you’re hearing."There’s a love that I have of music and for me, before I actually write a film, I have to know what a movie is going to sound like," Minghella says. "It can be a quandary. I remember doing ‘The English Patient’ … I was stuck and then I came across some Hungarian Transylvanian music and that was the beginning of me starting to write the film."Needless to say, the man’s iPod is loaded.
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Have you ever had the kind of day when life hits an emotional crescendo and shedding a tear or two is pretty much unavoidable?No matter how powerful the urge, most folks reserve this display of emotion for the comforts of home, simply because crying in public is a cultural no-no for those over age 7.
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‘The Devil Wears Prada" star Anne Hathaway is rarely photographed without a million-watt smile. But the actress has revealed that she hasn’t always had such a positive outlook. The 24-year-old admits to the U.K.’s Tatler magazine that she suffered from depression as a teen.But the good news is that Anne’s depressed days are behind her. In fact, she no longer even identifies with her former self.
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Examiner food critic Patricia Unterman checks in with her latest report from her culinary adventures around the world. TODAY: New Orleans.In winter, the crawfish are meaty; the oysters, plump, and the shrimp are sweet. So what are you waiting for? Get down to New Orleans now. The city is ready to take care of you. You may want to avoid the madness of Mardi Gras on Feb. 20, but maybe not. Either way, here's the eating plan:
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"Legally Blonde," the new musical, begins with a song called "Omigod You Guys" — and it’s one of the two best tunes in the show. Rodgers and Hammerstein (or their estates) don’t have much to worry about. Still, the joie de vivre spirit of that tune remains throughout the show’s two and a half hours, and it’s that tone that makes this lightweight story of a not-so-dumb sorority girl who "finds herself," by way of Harvard Law School, so appealing.
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Since he arrived from the Bolshoi, via the Royal Danish Ballet, in 1994, Yuri Possokhov has delivered on every promise, first as a striking but unostentatious danseur noble, lately as a wonderful choreographer. In both capacities, his work has been characterized by innate musicality, superior intelligence and a rare ability to amuse and move at the same time. His 2000 "Magrittomania" is remembered fondly for its cheerful recreation of the Belgian artist’s surrealism, over Yuri Krasavin’s hilarious use and abuse of Beethoven.
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Even on Super Bowl Sunday, with the Queen Mary 2 slipping under the Golden Gate Bridge right next door to the Legion of Honor, Pocket Opera faithful showed up in good numbers in the Florence Gould Theater. The event was auspicious: the opening the 30th season of the tiny company, created and nursed along all these years, since his days as a pianist at the Spaghetti Factory, by the remarkable Donald Pippin.
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