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Enrique Martin Morales was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1971. In 1984, at 12, he joined the ever changing ranks of the boy group Menudo. "Two things can happen when you join a group like Menudo," says Robi Rosa, a fellow Menudo alum, who co-wrote Martin's current hit single, Livin' la Vida Loca. "You can get all messed up, or you can pay attention and learn from it. We learned a lot. For Ricky and me, the studio is like home...
...OurSquare wants to be "the online community of the Ivy League." How do they tell if your mind is "inspired," you might wonder. They check with the Registrar's Office. In order to keep the on-line community suitably exclusive, members must be on record as a student or alum of one of the 17 schools OurSquare deems "inspired"--the Ancient Eight plus Amherst, Duke, MIT, Northwestern, Stanford, Swarthmore, University of Chicago, Wellesley and Williams...
Imagine's genre-bending shows are inherently risky, while most prime-time hours are filled with knock-offs of last season's big hits. Seinfeld was off the air less than a year before writer alum Peter Mehlman was back with It's like, you know..., which differs only in that it explores West Coast rather than East Coast inanities (car chases, cell phones and celebrities instead of parking places, subways and Chinese restaurants). "You flip the channels, and everything looks the same," says Thomas Schlamme, who went from directing the critically acclaimed Larry Sanders Show to executive-producing Sports...
What to Look For Directed by The Simpsons and King of the Hill alum Brad Bird and featuring the vocal talents of Jennifer Aniston and Harry Connick Jr., this isn't your standard Disney fare. With some of the best non-Disney animation to date and a solid screenplay blessed by Ted Hughes before his death, this movie will appeal to adults and kids alike. Internet snoops have reported religious experiences during test screenings, meaning The Iron Giant could be the first truly epic animated film. Hopefully, Warner Bros. Will see its (rumored) potential and beef up its almost...
...honor our more famous political alumni with plaques, with speeches and with honorary degrees. But even if yet another Harvard alum is elected to the White House seat next year, it will do nothing to diminish the stature of this local hero...