I was busy watching SLs fighting Australians at home and it wasn't really a fight per say.... It was more of an entrance test for Australians to check on their progress as for the preparation of upcoming marquee series with India and they spectacularly failed it. Herath, Sandakan and Dilruwan Parera looted their wickets in broad daylight. Most importantly, they compelled the Ozzie's to think of their approach to play spin bowling of appreciable quantity. This series has also provided us cricket fans with must watch SRi Lankan talent in years to come. The likes of Kusal Mendis, Dhananjay De Silva and Lakshan Sanadakan stepped up at crucial junctures and saved SL blushes when Australians have the opportunity to run away with the game. They are young guns of SL Cricket and their latest exciting finds. World Cricket will be a richer place if they continue to do justice with their exceptional gifts. Amen to that!!!!
My infatuation with the movies is well known but my involvement with the actors and their characters is even more heartwarming. There are innumerable movies that I saw simply because they featured my favorite actors, however they themselves were not great. Examples could be infinite, however for the sake of this article I'll have to produce something here. Anger Management for Jack Nicholson (boy, isn't he a legend?), Swing Vote for Kevin Costner, Snatch for Brad Pitt, Legends of the Fall (Brad Pitt), Leon: The Professional, Immortal Beloved, Bram Stroker's Dracula, State of Grace & Prick up your ears; all for Gary Oldman (mind you, he is a chameleon). Meanwhile, I started accumulating some of the finest performances by some of the legendary actors of all time. Very recently, as anyone who follows me regularly knows, I grew very much fond of the craft and artistry of Daniel Day-Lewis. He is a fine, fine actor whose study and impersonation of a character is often pictur...
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