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...Fashioned Star No question that Efron is a movie star, but of what era? Adept at comedy and solemnity, synthesizing Michael J. Fox and David Cassidy in their early adorable phases, he is, so far, a movie anachronism - a throwback to when there was a big market for nice. Utterly at ease in the camera's gaze, he's not a preener; he gives the impression of being an O.K. guy who in his spare time is also this teen heartthrob. Which may be a higher form of acting: star acting...
...said Cesar Alcantar, whose daughter Casey was attending the visiting weekend. “This place fosters exploration for areas that will fuel their passion.” Several students interviewed by The Crimson over the course of the weekend said that they were surprised at how socially adept and diverse their peers seemed. “Coming to Harvard, I felt everyone would fit into particular stereotypes,” said Luke M. Giveen, a newly admitted student from Lebanon, N.H. “But everyone here is completely different from everyone and it is an unexpected but pleasant...
...Jason Bateman. Crowe has starred in a number of thrillers, such as “Proof of Life,” “The Insider,” and last year’s “Body of Lies,” and he has become adept at playing the troubled but sympathetic antihero. Although his craggy face and shaggy hair lend his character the right air of schlubbyness, Crowe is charismatic enough to keep our attention. Mirren is feisty as Cal and Della’s boss, but her character lacks substance. As is often the case...
...increasingly acrimonious debate about the future of Camp Ashraf, especially between Rubaie and MEK leaders, the quest for straight answers sometimes seems like a fool's errand. It's made more so by each side's well-oiled PR machines that are adept at periodically sliding slippery claims and counter-claims into the media. For example, the MEK claims that Iraqis are withholding food and medical supplies and preventing doctors from entering the camp. That's "baseless, it's a pack of lies," Rubaie says. Similarly, Rubaie insists that the MEK is a cult, whose "brainwashed" members need...
Where there’s email, there’s spam. With a plethora of list-servs at their fingertips, Harvard students have gotten pretty adept at sending out provocative, enticing, and downright ludicrous statements in order to pump up attendance for whatever a cappella jam/dance show/charity event/speakers’ panel/massive orgy that is going on at the moment. It's all spam to FlyBy. But, you know what they say: one man's trash is another man's treasure. So here are some of the most weird, funny, and heartbreaking spam excerpts that FlyBy found in its recent...