Not in the least shy about undressing,

she has appeared nearly naked

on the cover of Interview and,

accompanied by a strategically placed bowler,

in an ad for Chanel

The emerald green dress she wore in "Atonement"

has been voted the best film costume of all timemore »

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Yes, she was exhausted, probably felt picked on, and as a result, revealed her softer, more human, more likable side.

But she also gave voice to an emotion not related to self that is felt, however buried, by many Americans. In the midst of her comments she said, "I see what's happening. We have to reverse it."

There was a catch in her throat, her voice wavered and she spoke with an almost mournful quality.

There, just for that briefest of moments, were the tears of sadness, regret and vulnerability that lie beneath the surface when we speak of the Bush years in a more dispassionate manner.   more »

Bush's comment yesterday in Ramallah about the situation in Gaza was one of history's most extraordinary examples of tunnel vision.

"Hamas has delivered nothing but misery for Palestinians," he declared. Had he said, "My reaction and that of my Israeli and European Union colleagues to the mandate given Hamas by Palestinian voters has delivered nothing but misery for Palestinians", he would have been closer to the truth.

The human catastrophe deliberately inflicted on Gaza by western policies over the past two years is one of the great crimes of this century so far.

It is especially unjustified since Hamas had been observing a truce in its attacks on Israelis for several months prior to winning the "free, fair and open elections" that the roadmap asked for.   more »

Barack Obama is contending for the Democratic nomination as a candidate who avoids focusing on economic class.

He asks us to believe — nay, to "hope" — that the interests of Wall Streeters underwriting his campaign can somehow be "brought together" with the interests of workers harmed by corporate America's wage, job and pension cutbacks.

By contrast, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is competing for the Republican nomination on a call for proletarian solidarity.

Next to John Edwards , he is the "classiest" presidential candidate, explicitly deriding "plutocracy" and "the Club for Greed" that he correctly says runs Washington.   more »

Rising rock star puts down struggling diva

-- an unkind cut, deeply ungracious, almost cruel,

from a candidate who had the country in a swoon

over his campaign of grace and uplift

The media gave that moment little play,

but millions saw it live, and I could surely

not have been the only one who found it jarring

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