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...number of BlackBerries on campus seems to have tripled over the summer, and their hypnotic hold on their users has been ruining conversations for weeks. If you are a BlackBerry addict, please take some advice on how not to be the most annoying person in the room...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BlackBerry Ettiquette | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...played loveable, but flawed, characters. Do you ever have a desire to go totally in the opposite direction? I don't call my agent and say, 'Find me a guy that is a wacko or a drug addict.' Good scripts and interesting stories are hard enough to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greg Kinnear | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...wake. Whether it’s Gregg’s unsuccessful adaptation of the novel or the book’s basic incompatibility with the screen, many bits of dialogue seem more unimportant than stupid—but not by much. Rockwell plays Victor, a 30-something sex addict who divides his time between his job as an “historical interpreter” at a colonial village, serving as a sponsor at nymphomaniacs-anonymous meetings (where he leads fellow addicts astray), and being a son devoted to a mother slipping into dementia. In his spare hours, he?...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Choke | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

...that is the Duke's domain. What he may be thinking of is unimaginable to us. Essentially, he is grimly standing to stud. Alas, Georgiana proves incapable for the longest time of producing male children. She is, however, capable of producing gossip. She is a fashion plate, a gambling addict, a drinker, a fiercely loving mother and, even though women did not have the franchise, a shrewd participant in Whig politics. At a certain level, The Duchess is a parable, possibly even a fantasy, about female empowerment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keira Knightley as a Feisty, Cool Duchess | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

...decrease a person's self-esteem because the endless admiration and yearning for a life and lifestyle that are out of reach may end up cementing one's feelings of isolation and inadequacy. Studies conducted in Britain found a range of celebrity-worship styles, from harmless adulation to debilitating addiction. Other research has documented a so-called celebrity-worship syndrome, in which the idolatry becomes all-consuming, much in the way that alcohol and drugs can define an addict's life. Initially, the lack of reciprocation in these relationships can be comforting and even, as Gabriel showed, helpful. But continued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Celebrity Worship: Good for Your Health? | 9/15/2008 | See Source »

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