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English by birth, but Irish at heart
NEW YORK: Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis isn't truly an Irishman, he Just plays one on screen — again and again and again, reports AP
Day-Lewis, who has starred as Irish characters in "My Left Foot" and "In the Name of the Father." plays a former Irish Republican Army soldier seeking peace in The Boxer." due out in the United States this week.
I am English and I was raided in England, but I'm very proud of whatever part of me is Irish," Day-Lewis says In Sunday's New York Post.
The actor who won an Academy Award as best actor for "My Left Foot” actually lives in Ireland part-time, maintaining homes in Dublin and New York.
"People who are Anglo-Irish and English, people living in Ireland over the years, have become acutely aware of the role the British have played and want to do something to redress the balance." Day-Lewis said.
That's one reason he played an IRA sympathiser in his latest film and "In the Name of the Father."
Ireland's history with Britain is not taught in the British educational system, and when 1 learned it I was astonished and so ashamed," Day-Lewis said.
The Sphinx is free after 7 years
CAIRO: The Sphinx Is finally i free of the scaffolding that caged the 4,600-year-olo limestone monument during seven years of painstaking restoration work, reports AFP.
The restoration work which started in 1990 ended on December 12 and two days ago the scaf- I foldings came down." Ahmad al- i Haggar. director of antiguities for i the pyramids region on the out- | skirts of Cairo, said on Saturday.
One hundred thousand stones | were used between 1990 and 1997 j to restore the Sphinx." Haggar I said, adding that experts left the | damaged face of the half-lion half-man colossus untouched.
A staar-studded ceremony is planned for early 1998 to celebrate the end of the restoration 1work ahead of the statue's 4,600th birthday in March, he said.
Known in Arabic as Abu al-Hol (the father of terror). Egypt's most famous monument along with the three pyramids of Giza which it guards was cut in limestone and stands 20 metres tall and 57 metres long
Restoration of the Sphinx, which has suffered from erosion and damage through underground water, was carried out by Egyptian experts in line with recommendations by the California-based Paul Getty Institute.
The Sphinx, erected during the fourth dynasty from 2620-2500 BC. represents King Khepheren and originally wore a royal headress bearing a cobra and a false beard, a sign of virility among the pharaohs and gods.
Two legends have grown up around the disappearance of the features.
According to one. Napoleon Bonaparte ordered his army to bombard the imposing statue which he regarded as a challenge to his might during a French expedition to Egypt from 1998 to 1801.
Bonaparte succeeded in destroying the nose and beard, and legend has it his subsequent downfall was due to the curse of the Sphinx.
The other story claims that a Muslim in the Fatimid era of 969-1071 believed the Sphinx represented a pagan cult denounced by Islam and attacked the nose and beard with an axe.
She won't do that
NEW YORK: French actress Julie Delpy is a loner rebelling against what she calls "a couple's world." reports AP.
Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity." Delpy says in the Sunday New York Post. "I won’t do that."
The definitely single blond beauty began her film career at age 14. working with farfied French director Jean-Luc Godard In "Detective." Subsequent credits include "Killing Zoe." "Europa. Europa." "Voyager" and "Before Sunrise."
She can be seen now in the horror movie "An American Werewolf in Paris." a new genre for the actress more used to art movies and love stories.
"I also refuse to be put in a corner," Delpy said. Td never done a scary movie and decided to give It a try"