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...later, sophomore forward Mike Taylor tallied the equalizer for the Crimson, putting away the rebound of linemate Nick Coskren’s shot. But Maine’s offense, still firing on all cylinders, answered with a second goal less than half a minute later, as blueliner Bret Tyler converted on a wraparound attempt at 9:57. “The first period, we were lucky to get out of it there with just a [one-goal] deficit,” captain Peter Hafner said. “To tie it up there and to have them score right away...
There are plenty ofcomedies about failure (see Free Ride, below). The Loop is about the problems of success: Sam (Bret Harrison, near right) is an airline exec in his 20s whose roommates' idea of a big deadline is still last call at the bar. The jokes can be broad (e.g., the airline starts an offshoot called Jack; if you can't guess where the dirty puns go from there, you don't watch much Fox). But Harrison shows Topher Gracean charm as a guy stuck between adolescence and adulthood, and Philip Baker Hall (Magnolia) steals every scene...
...Bears (8-1, 3-0 Hockey East) on top 2-0. Soares flipped a shot over Patrick Watson’s glove 15:34 into the game after Ryan fed him a pass in front of the net. Moore’s goal came on a rebound of a Bret Tyler shot 17:36 into the first...
...wouldn't be hard to read all this as breast-baring confession, or at least rueful self-parody, except that it quickly veers into fiction. Bret (this is the fictional Bret) has managed to sire a son with an actress named Jayne Dennis, and when he flunks out of his umpteenth rehab he decides to save himself by marrying her, moving to Connecticut and becoming a regular suburban dad. But Bret brings his demons with him, both figuratively--he can't kick the sauce and he's haunted by his late alcoholic, rageoholic father--and literally: the Connecticut McMansion...
...that guy--the repentant, demon-chased Oedipal wretch Bret--the real Ellis? There's certainly a strong family resemblance. Ellis had a difficult, angry, alcoholic father. He dates both men and women. He has lost some of his lust for fame (although the real Ellis still lives in Manhattan, not Connecticut). "There's a heavy dose of self-loathing about celebrity," he sighs. So what does he not loathe? "Um." Long silence. "Ah, I like to write. I love to read. I like to go to movies. I like to go to museums." He's trying for a straight answer...