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...likely to see more celebrities than you can shake an autograph book or a fist at: George Clooney (Michael Clayton), Johnny Deep (Sweeney Todd), Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts (both for Charlie Wilson's War), Jodie Foster (The Brave One) and John Travolta (Hairspray). Angelina Jolie couldn't attract paying customers to A Mighty Heart, but her allure as a good-deed-doing camera magnet is undiminished. She'll be there as a Best Actress nominee. Brad will have to come as Angelina's guest, however; the Pitt bull was snubbed for Jesse James - not to mention the outrage...
...significant resources to developing Asian American studies, he said, it may be difficult for Harvard to compete with other universities’ more established programs. “I think that for Asian American studies or any other sort of initiative to thrive—to be able to attract the most talented faculty and students—there has to be a commitment to building a critical mass in the field,” Johnson wrote in an e-mail.Hiring one professor, he added, is not enough. SMALL STEPS In their quest to bring Asian American studies to Harvard, AAA?...
...think maybe in the last few years since Roach declined, some thing have changed,” Puchner says. “Now, there is more coordination, a larger arts initiative, and the English Department is trying to build the field of drama and to attract faculty. There are other offers out. I’m not the only one. There is at least one other outstanding offer.”Indeed, since Roach declined the position, the Committee on the Dramatic Arts, headed theater professor Robert Scanlan, has made headway, including introducing a new Secondary Field in the Dramatic...
...effort to steer you away from the road of rash generalizations, I'd like to object to your preview of Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd, in which you wondered how the film's "buckets of gore" and singing and dancing might attract or repel "fogies" and kids [Dec. 3]. I'm a 17-year-old theatergoer, and I don't think kids are looking to Sweeney Todd for Saw IV thrills. Besides, the Rrating precludes the Disney audience. And have you checked out Broadway lately? I believe the "fogey" audience has become accustomed to situations that are more violent...
...political analyst Federico Estevez said that Ebrard's ice rinks and beaches are camouflage for a mayor with no significant policies. "You can't fool the middle class that they are in Rockefeller Center," Estevez said. "Where is the policy here? How about trying to attract some investment...