CAN WARREN BE TAMED?

THE TEXT
CAN WARREN BE TAMED?
By all accounts, Annette Bening sounds
talk about them to people. I don't think I
the ultimate superwoman. And yet, one
could survive emotionally in public life if
can't help feeling that somewhere along
I did talk about them. Sometimes I'm
the line this woman who describes
very tempted to, because I'm not a
herself as 'very much a feminist' had to
closed person, but I've learnt to protect
pay a price. As Beatty himself joked
myself psychologically. I guess it's
recently to an LA journalist, 'I wouldn't
because of my own fragile nature...
have
maybe if I were stronger I'd say, well,
had
the
guts
to
enter
a
relationship with me.'
yeah, this is what happened when I got
'They clearly respect each other a lot,'
divorced, this is what happened when
says a female producer friend of mine
my husband and I had a fight. Then
who once had dinner with them. 'She is
maybe people would have a different
definitely smart and not afraid of
image of me, they wouldn't idealise me
showing it and he likes that. But I'm not
so much, the way they always do when
sure whether any woman will ever
you're famous.'
"tame" Warren Beatty. I remember
meeting him for the first time at a big
party that media mogul Barry Diller
gave. I was the only single woman there
under the age of 30 and he was like a
kind of electronic scanner making a
beeline
through
the
crowds
and
zooming in on me. He looked me
straight in the eyes and went, "Hi, I'm
Warren Beatty. How are you tonight?" It
kind of took me by surprise. Especially
since in tow was a very, very pregnant
Annette.'
'Oh I have problems, I have struggles,'
VOCABULARY
by all accounts -- podle toho co všichni říkají
she sounds the ultimate superwoman -- zdá
se že je to naprosto dokonalá superžena
and yet -- a přesto
somewhere along the line -- někdy v
průběhu té doby
pay a price -- muset se něčeho zříct; platit
(vysokou cenu)
have the guts to do st -- mít odvahu něco
udělat
tame -- zkrotit
give a party -- pořádat večírek
make a beeline to -- jít nejkratší cestou k
zoom in on st/sb -- zaostřit/najet na (obrazně)
he went "..." -- a on že prý "..." (povídá)
in tow -- v závěsu, za ním
struggles -- zde: útrapy, starosti
shrug -- pokrčit rameny
I'm tempted to... -- láká mě (něco udělat)
fragile -- křehký
have a fight -- pohádat se (partnerské hádky)
shrugs Annette. 'It's just I don't like to
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