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...actor who impressed director Mike Nichols, who came backstage after watching Lane play a Sid Caesar-like TV star in Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor. On the spot, he offered Lane the role of Albert in a remake of the French comedy La Cage aux Folles--alongside Robin Williams, in the more sober role of Armand. Lane initially had to turn Nichols down because of a scheduling conflict with his next big Broadway show, a revival of the musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. But Nichols kept calling, and the show...
Yesterday in the early hours of the morning, the men's varsity baseball team boarded a plane to take the Crimson to its first game of the season. After more than six weeks of painstaking indoor practice in Briggs Cage, the squad begins its season today in Daytona, Florida against a very talented team from Akron, Ohio...
...less-than-cooperative New England climate and the lack of a full-size turf surface have put Harvard at a disadvantage against teams like Penn, which have been playing outdoors for several weeks. The effects of being forced to practice in Briggs Cage manifested themselves in last Saturday's game, despite a five goal margin of victory...
...guess eponymous characters spell success--four out of five of the best actor nominees play characters referred to in their film's title (Sean Penn is the "Dead Man Walking"). That may get you the nomination but not the award. The favorite in this race is Nicolas Cage for his role in "Leaving Las Vegas." And he would be my choice as well. Richard Dreyfuss? Big deal, so he ages 30 years in two hours in "Mr. Holland's Opus." Anthony Hopkins? Good, but not good enough; and he just won not long ago for "Silence of the Lambs." Massimo...
...street. A person walking out of jail is no better than he or she was before entering. Whereas jail was once seen as a place for penitence and growth, where people who went wrong could change themselves and improve, we now associate jail with an overly expensive and dangerous cage. In jail little of value occurs; instead, increased rage is generated. Those who emerge from the prison doors are now greeted with the black rose of society in the form of an inescapable reminder of their past crimes...