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Scalia, who graduated magna cum laude from the Law School, was not a humorless bookworm, friends say; in fact, many point to his wit as one of his defining characteristics...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Antonin G. Scalia | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...real writing starts after casting, when Apatow re-creates his characters based on the actors. He's not interested in having anyone do a Meryl Streep-like transformation. "Initially my character in Sarah Marshall was an English author, a bookworm character," says Russell Brand, the English comedian who played a rock star in the movie. "Eventually it was decided that no one could expect me to do any actual acting. I think he's very interested in truth, so he has a good intuition about people's essence." Sean (Diddy) Combs co-stars in next year's Apatow-produced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Judd Apatow Seriously | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

...said his favorite authors were... Chaucer, I probably would have become an English major.... I think restlessness is also part of why I’m a comparativist; I can’t sit still long enough with one thing.THC: Were you both the “bookworm kid?” What else did you do growing up that brought you to the point you are at today? LD: I had a completely different childhood than David, because his was in Maine, and mine was in the mountains in the Philippines where I was born just before...

Author: By Kriti Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: An Interview with the Damrosch Duo | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

You’ve been spending so much time in Lamont that you’ve made a nest in the Farnsworth Room, and your fellow ’round-the-clockers are looking pretty hott right now. But how do you break the ice with your bookworm beauty? Fifteen Minutes has a few suggestions to help you go Lamonster on that hottie. . . 1) I hear Lamont is the new Widener stacks. 2) You’re reading Habermas? I’d love to colonize your private spheres. 3) We should probably find the nearest exit; there?...

Author: By M. AIDAN Kelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Lamont Pick-up Lines | 5/18/2006 | See Source »

...India under the Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies Summer Internship Grant. There, he worked with the South Asian Human Rights Documentation Center, an NGO in New Delhi. Butler may be an academic force with a dedication to his thesis, but in typical Rhodes fashion, he is no bookworm. He has sung with the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College almost continuously since his freshman fall. He also played violin with the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra and volunteers regularly at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter. Butler was named a Harvard College Scholar for 2003-2004 and 2004-2005. He plans...

Author: By Emma M. Lind, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Butler Named Rhodes Scholar From Bermuda | 1/11/2006 | See Source »

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