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...next 12 days we will be blithely blogging about the Cannes Film Festival. Many of you know this movie bash in the South of France as the place where, each May, celebrities slowly walk up the 24 red-carpeted steps to the Palais des Festivals, their every mili-move snapped by paparazzi and cheered by thousands of onlookers greedy for a brush with greatness. But what is the history of this place? What are the rules...
...resumed the following year, now in May, now an annual event. (The 1968 edition was aborted midterm, in response to the Paris street revolts.) In its early days Cannes and Venice were the only major film festivals; now every town larger than Podunk has a yearly movie bash. (Note to editor: Please check to make sure Podunk doesn't have a film festival.) Berlin may be more serious, Amsterdam hipper, Sundance more focused, Toronto more congenial. But Cannes, with its 40,000 visitors from around the world, remains the gold standard for movie conclaves...
...bunch of hooligans?'" There is evidence that some players conspired to hide their identities that night. Court papers state that the alleged rapists used false names--"Adam," "Bret" and "Matt"--to refer to one another in the bathroom. And the victim told police she was told the bash was a gathering of Duke track and baseball players. If the team members are obeying a code of silence to protect a friend, even defense lawyers acknowledge it is unlikely to last...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—pre-frosh weekend. And the only thing better than convincing prospective freshmen to come to Fair Harvard is convincing prospective freshmen to come to your bedroom. Here are 15 lines to try around Ice Cream Bash ‘06... 1) Why don’t you just surprise your host and not go home tonight? 2) Want to help me study for Human Sexuality? 3) You aren’t 18 yet? Uhhh...neither am I. Let’s not tell anyone. 4) You look...
...Drink Minimum, a stand-up troupe formed three years ago at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, say their primary comic mission is to get laughs by exploring the daily lives of their fellow students. "Being on a liberal campus, it would be far too easy to do a Bush bash," says Davy Andrews, 22, co-president of the troupe. "We've taken our shots at authority, but being funny is by far our first concern...