Letters From Readers.(Letter to the editor)

A BEAUTIFUL MIND

What an unexpected delight it was to find Jennifer Connelly on your November cover ["Dark Victory," by Jonathan Van Meter, photographed by Mario Testino]! I knew she was someone special to look out for when I first saw her in Labyrinth so many years ago. The awe she expresses for her children is refreshing in a day when so many movie stars seem to be such a hot mess of narcissism and neuroses. She appears to approach her work in an intellectual and pragmatic way, which makes it so easy to be a fan of hers. It's also nice that her face doesn't stare out at us week after week from tabloids while we're in line buying groceries.

Colleen Crampton Kalamazoo, MI

HEAD CASE

I want to thank Elizabeth Weil for stopping me from becoming an Alice Waters cooking maniac and saving my family from a lot of torture [Up Front, November]. When I read the article "Top Chef," I had two of Ms. Waters's books and was on the hunt for anything else she had written. Waters is very inspiring, so I can understand why Weil's husband set out on such an extraordinary mission--although I would never have the stomach to make headcheese. God bless her children for trying it!

Elizabeth Palumbo Brooklyn, NY

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