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...stretch to see the venture as two men trying to step out from the shadows of their fathers. On Boxing Day 2005, the brilliant, belligerent Kerry Packer died, giving James control of Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd., the multibillion-dollar family empire. Five months earlier, Lachlan had abruptly quit as News Corp.'s third highest-ranking executive in New York City, convinced he was being overruled by underlings. According to a source, he complained to his father, News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch: "What's the point of me being here?" The young Murdoch and his wife, Sarah, returned to Sydney...
...dance and films like Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” and Zhang Yimou’s “Curse of the Golden Flower.”The two dresses created for Princess Turandot are by far the most elaborate. The first, a brilliant white lace nightgown, only appears in Act I for one minute. With the second and primary dress, an ornate gown of sea green and turquoise, Cho seeks to accentuate the effect of Turandot’s beauty and power upon Calaf and the audience.“She carries...
...praising the love he has now found with his family. As the book goes on, the solid lineup of writers consistently performs. To keep the reader thoroughly engaged, many chapters experiment with forms other beyond plain prose. For example, Alex Gregory, a cartoonist for The New Yorker, contributes two brilliant cartoons about situations in which technology has harmed relationships. David Wain, co-writer of “Wet Hot American Summer,” offers a script about a guy trying to date a woman who keeps blowing him off. Tom McCarthy, an actor and writer who has appeared...
...beef and prunes.” As anyone who seeks to work at the pace set by the world economy knows all too well, this isn’t actually true. Harvard has long falsified this particular insight: We all know that it is perfectly possible to do brilliant work on beef and prunes (or pizza and HUDS bagels). But in Cambridge, England, it is in everyone’s interest to keep this fiction going...
...weekend victory added to Pangilinan’s three past individual championships. She won titles in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke as a sophomore and took home the 200 in her freshman year. Pangilinan’s path to Saturday’s race, a brilliant finish to her career for the Crimson, started four years ago, before she even took a stroke in Blodgett Pool. It was half a world away in Athens, Greece. In 2004, Pangilinan competed at the Summer Olympics. She represented the Philippines, where she holds two national records in the 100- and 200-meter...