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...Lessons from the night: Small gatherings are usually a better bet than well publicized multi-keggers. And the later in the night you hang around, the higher your chances are of some girl asking you to sleep with her. These are maxims to live by if it is your goal to squeeze some good old American college hedonistic fun out of the Ivy-covered bastion of routine weekend frustration that is Harvard. Freshmen take note: it does get better. But not much...
...haven’t been cleared offically yet,” says Rose, who will meet with a back specialist today. “There are a lot of things going on. If I had to bet on it, I’d say I’m going to play...
Romantic comedies tend to have much smaller profit margins. Last year's Meg Ryan vehicle, Kate & Leopold, cost about $50 million and made just about that domestically. Sweet Home Alabama is a fairly safe bet, but the comparably priced baseball drama The Rookie was a much safer one for the same studio, since it appealed to a broader demographic. Box-office results show that boys resolutely avoid chick flicks. "If you have a female lead in a movie," says Oren Aviv, marketing president for Buena Vista Pictures, "only females are going to go. And you better have a star that...
...develops a fascination with celebrity signatures; in the poignant prologue, his father takes him to a wrestling match and drops dead of a brain tumor as Alex is jockeying to get a famous wrestler's autograph. Before dying, Alex's father gives him a signed pound note as a bet on the match, sealing the psycho-paternal importance of autographs for Alex. (To erase any doubt of that, the wrestler's handle is Big Daddy...
When a student is overheard planning an evening trip to Grafton, it is a pretty safe bet that he or she is in search of a screwdriver rather than grilled swordfish. This is a shame, as the restaurant offers some excellent modern American food without the trip into Boston such a meal often necessitates. Grafton Street may be named after the pedestrian shopping district in Dublin, but its food is a far cry from traditional Irish dishes like boiled bacon and cabbage...