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Affleck briefly plays the self-absorbed actor Ned Alleyn, and the best thing you can say about his wavering accent is that at least he isn't Keanu Reeves.
CNN: Review: To see, or not to see, 'Shakespeare in Love'
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These Dan-ites can be assured that the handsome, self-possessed 22-year-old actor delivers nicely, conveying a lot in a performance that requires an excessive amount of silent tiptoeing.
CNN: Review: 'The Woman in Black'
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The effect of compelling Israel to relinquish such territory risks transforming Israel from a strong, self-reliant and independent actor into one whose strategic posture is seriously degraded possibly to such a degree that it will find itself increasingly preoccupied with existential threats, and more and more dependent (foolishly so) on U.S. security guarantees and assistance.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Freedom Flame 2013
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Alec Baldwin's self-transformation into a character actor is one of the most sensible and honorable things that a fading movie star has ever done.
WSJ: Theater Review: Daddy Issues
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"I have four of them, " reports Pauletta Washington, wife of actor Denzel and self-professed jewelry nut.
WSJ: The Cult of Pomellato | Jewelry
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So is Best Actor Sean Penn's self-awareness.
CNN: Behind the scenes at the Academy Awards
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In "Tropic Thunder, " a comedy about self-absorbed Hollywood types making a "Platoon"-style war movie, Downey plays Australian actor Kirk Lazarus, a multiple Oscar-winning performer who gets so involved in his roles that he forgets to come out of them.
CNN: 'Tropic Thunder' pushes envelope and then some
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With that in mind, it's tough to criticize "Pollock, " actor Ed Harris' bio-pic of the iconoclastic, self-doubting painter Jackson Pollock.
CNN: Ed Harris excels, but film does not
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As laceratingly first-rate as Schulberg's writing and Kazan's direction were, the film would not have worked had the lead actor failed to be convincing as a person whose hungers were so self-centered and all-consuming that he would do anything and step on anyone to get what he wanted.
CNN: Andy Griffith's crowning achievement
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Actor Hugh Grant is among phone-hacking victims who have expressed concern that David Cameron favours continued self-regulation of the media.
BBC: PM urged to give reassurances over Leveson Inquiry