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...Lowell Lecture Hall to Lamont to Commencement 2000, he’s enriched the University with hundreds of appearances over the years—an effort he extended last Thursday with the kickoff to his October lecture and reading series. Red-faced, squinty-eyed and with a rich Irish accent, the affable Heaney delivered to a capacity crowd at Jefferson Hall on “Sixth Sense, Seventh Heaven: How Some Poems Got Written.” What began as a highly anecdotal speech about the process of composition became an earnest defense of poetry and the arts...
...talk to some important directors," says Red Dragon producer Dino De Laurentiis, 83, in his thick Italian accent. "Everybody is scared to do Red Dragon because Manhunter is good movie. But Hannibal Lecter is a two-dimensional character in Manhunter." Screenwriter Ted Tally (who also adapted Lambs) wasn't intimidated. "I didn't have any interest in re-creating Manhunter, which to me was kind of like a Miami Vice episode," says Tally. "I love the book." His script, which explores all the characters' psychological underpinnings, helped get the esteemed cast on board: Edward Norton as Will Graham, Ralph Fiennes...
...Ferrante, a Revere native, talks with a heavy townie accent about his vast experience with alcohol. “High school for me was, like, every weekend, a triple-kegger,” he says. Houlihan hails from Long Island and he too seems to be comfortable with the process of getting drunk. Yet the duo are a long way from having Harvard’s party scene figured...
...broadcaster, Harwell’s smooth Georgia accent was unmistakable. As a man, his kindness and generosity are unparalleled...
...films (Roja, Bombay, Dil Se) Ratnam has set personal stories inside the cataclysmic events that have marked India's past decade. Here he suggests that no one, not even a bright, questing child, is safe from their taint. But this being a Bollywood-style musical?though with a Southern accent?a war-torn world can still sing, dance and hope. In that sense, A Peck on the Cheek suited the festival perfectly. It is an art film that is also tender entertainment. It shows people coping with national tragedies. And, like Toronto, the movie is?in the very best sense...