Antiquityâs Greatest, and Gay, Hero
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Wracked by the cares of monarchy and waging endless wars, Alexander (Colin Farrell) enters his bedchamber to retire for the evening.
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Makers of the epic âAlexanderâ - depicting the life of the legendary Greek ruler â-re facing a possible lawsuit for showing the ruler as bisexual.
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Shakespeare, specialist in flawed heroes, would have had a field day with Yasser Arafat. His life, his secrecy-shrouded illness and his death in Paris on Thursday were rich with symbolism of the aching tragedy of missed potential.
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By Janet Caggiano, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 19--In first grade, Edwin S. Snead III saw George Washington as a larger-than-life superhero riding a white steed.   His view hasn't changed much in the last 70 years.
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Arts & entertainment: Aristophanes' Lysistrata was about the power of women in a time of war. Blake Morrison felt an update was overdue.
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COM Zhang Yimou channels Akira Kurosawa in Hero, which is even more visually stunning than Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Like Kurosawa&#39;s Ran, it features huge armies with
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With lavish attention to detail and a powerful cast, director Oliver Stone&#39;s &quot;Alexander&quot; is a thought-provoking, although long-winded, film about a man who, by 32, had solidified a massive empire
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His rags to riches story is the stuff of legend, while his personal life could well be the script of an ancient Greek tragedy.
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âNovemberâ is a David Mamet play for people who donât like David Mamet. I cannot say I see this as a cause for rejoicing.
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With trailers barely in the cinema, simmering controversy over Oliver Stoneâs depiction of legendary warrior Alexander the Great looks set to boil over, after a team of lawyers threatened to take legal action over the filmâs gay content.
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The best of times, the worst of times, might be associated with Charles Dickens, but it's also a description of the life of Patriots rookie cornerback Randall Gay.
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PBSâs documentary focuses on the career and troubles of Percy L. Julian, a largely neglected black chemist who was nonetheless one of the most important scientists of the 20th century.
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This year&#39;s opening ceremony to the Olympic Games in Athens was impressive for the mixture of allusions to antiquity and modern innovation.
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Yashim, the eunuch sleuth, tackles byzantine mysteries in Jason Goodwinâs new book.
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Christopher Reeve will be remembered as a hero to many people, a hero for being a driving force behind spinal cord research and advancing stem cell research and therapeutic cloning .
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Los Angeles - Colin Farrell is challenging a group of Greek lawyers to sue him for portraying Alexander The Great as bisexual in new movie Alexander.
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The main thing about the guys in âWild Hogsâ â the main source of the movieâs fumbling attempts at humor â is that theyâre not gay. Really. Seriously. No way.