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If Jessica Alba can have a successful movie career, why can't plasticine? Both are delicately molded, pliably expressive, and, after a while, surprisingly warm to the touch. Ms. Alba, however, may lack the emotional range, the fire in the belly, that would enable her to master the role of Wallace. For the uninitiated, Wallace is a clumping, hairless, dough-hued single white male of indeterminate age. His accent, like his moral outlook on life, places him in Yorkshire, England. Onscreen, Wallace looms large, yet in reality he is a plasticine maquette, no more than a foot tall. He would pop quite snugly into the pocket of Jessica Alba's jeans. How he would like it in there ...
- Wallace and Gromit have a close shave in the wrong taxi
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Charlie Bain and Gabriel Thompson October 21, 1996 700+ words
...alert last night after Wallace and Gromit, the stars...Grand Day Out, A Close Shave and The Wrong Trousers...no more films about Wallace and Gromit, was said...the originals from A Close Shave and consisted of Wallace on his motorcycle...
- A Close Shave.
- Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine) Rothenberg, Robert S. January 1, 1997 700+ words
...1996 winner, "A Close Shave." Within a mere half-hour, Wallace and Gromit succeed...motion pictures "A Close Shave" features rustling...lose all his wool. Wallace decides to adopt...In short, "A Close Shave" is an utter delight...
- `Close Shave': Wildly Inventive Animation
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Richard Harrington April 19, 1996 700+ words
...at the Oscars, with "A Close Shave" recently earning an Academy...It is the centerpiece of "Wallace and Gromit: The Best of...through Washington. "A Close Shave" is the third grand adventure of Wallace, the gently eccentric and...
- ACADEMY AWARD(R) WINNING FILMS FEATURED IN ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL; NICK PARK'S...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 28, 1996 700+ words
...against himself one year. Two of these award-winning films, "A CLOSE SHAVE," starring the much-loved team of Wallace and Gromit, and "CREATURE COMFORTS" are featured in Wallace and Gromit: The Aardman Collection, an animated film festival...
- MIDWEST REGION; Razorbacks Survive Close Shave, 79-78
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post March 18, 1995 700+ words
...games, shot 67.9 percent behind the inside-outside attack of John Wallace and Lucious Jackson and withstood a three-point barrage to defeat the 10th-seeded Salukis. Wallace scored 24 points on 10-of-15 shooting and Jackson scored 22...
- A VETERAN, A CAUSE AND A CLOSE SHAVE.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) April 25, 2006 700+ words
...His whole life has been one, long close shave, but none closer than the one he had...counting the loot from Sharky's close shave. There was more than $1,100 in 5s...who wanted the chance to give Sharky a close shave. Sharky smiled and kissed his beard...
- Close shave for hospice.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) November 18, 2009 700+ words
THREE hair stylists had a close shave when they decided to raise money for a hospice. Alison Burke, Julie Davies and Janice Williams...communities it serves. CAPTION(S): Alison Burke, Janice Williams and Julie Davies after their close shave
- 'My 'Fuzzy' Valentine;' not this year, according to the Schick Shaving Survey....
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 12, 1990 700+ words
...researchers find that the key to a woman's heart is often a close shave. "Do You Think I'm Sexy?" Sixty-eight percent of the...lines when it comes to describing the way they feel after a close shave. Sixty percent of Democratic men ages 18 to 34, consider...