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...creative universe. With a virtual monopoly on budgets and technical skill, L.A. was clearly the place to be for a foreign director with a single art-house hit, Bandit Queen. He was an immediate success. In 1998, Kapur directed Blanchett in Elizabeth, about the life of England's 16th century monarch. The movie was nominated for seven Oscars, winning one. Its magic, says Blanchett, lay in Kapur's slightly demented reinvention of period drama. "Elizabeth could have been incredibly musty," she says, "but Shekhar brought this East-West sensibility to it. The dancing. The way he moved from point...
...dictionary and you may be surprised to learn that the country gets second billing. In some dictionaries, the first definition of the word is lacquer: it joined the English lexicon after European traders began importing richly varnished and decorated cabinets, trunks and coffers from Japan in the 16th century...
...first time in school history, Princeton (15-12, 6-7 Ivy) played its best game of the year in routing the Crimson (12-15, 7-7) 66-44 at Jadwin Gym. Four Tigers scored in double figures, as the team collectively caught fire to hand Harvard its 16th straight loss in Princeton’s home...
Preston (125 lbs.) won the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships this Saturday, the 16th EIWA Individual Title in Harvard’s history...
DRCLAS and a team of Mexican anthropologists are currently engaged in a project to restore a rare 16th century codex documenting Mexico’s pre-Spanish history. The codex resurfaced in 2003 after going missing for four decades...