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...Ferrell. His comedic presence has, in the past, literally turned a funeral into a riot, and he belongs in a movie like this. His classic Saturday Night Live impersonation of Neil Diamond practically groomed him to play the eponymous role. Apatow and director Jake Kasdan (“Orange County??) seem to anticipate this absence, slathering “Walk Hard” with cameos big and small—from “Superbad” star Jonah Hill, who plays the grown-up ghost of Cox’s dead brother, to Jack Black, Paul Rudd...
People don’t join FM for its beauty cache, so we wanted to compensate. FM sat down with three Harvard beauty queens to pick their brains about JonBenet, being hot at Harvard, and Tom Cruise in his underwear. Windsor G. Hanger ’10: Buncombe County??s Junior Miss, first runner up and winner of the overall academic award at Junior Miss North Carolina 2006. A. Elizabeth Bridges ’09: South Carolina’s At-Large 2005; finalist for Be Your Best Self 2005. Sopen B. Shah ’08: runner...
...schools allowed students to opt for any school of choice, unless the school was over-enrolled. If that was the case, after preference was given to siblings of enrolled students, the spots were allotted to maintain a racial balance that differed by no more than 15 percent from the county??s overall demographics, according to one of the panelists, Liliana M. Garces, who wrote the amicus brief submitted by the American Civil Liberties Union for the two cases. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...fine-tuned neurodevelopment of children is compromised by group care, sub-optimal nutrition, and the inability to explore; every week in an orphanage is something to be avoided. It’s wonderful to have perfect adoptions—in-country, culturally sensitive, supportive of birth parents and birth county??but, truly, the most important thing for a child is a permanent, loving family...
...veteran Middlesex County district attorney, are vying to replace outgoing Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly. Coakley, who is heavily favored in the race, may continue the trend of Middlesex district attorneys becoming state attorneys general. Both Reilly and his predecessor, Scott Harshbarger, served as the top prosecutor in Middlesex County??the state’s largest—before becoming attorney general. Massachusetts voters also have to decide on three ballot initiatives. The first would expand liquor licensing in the state, allowing food stores to sell wine; the second would allow for “fusion voting...