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...replaced - are easy to enumerate. The Da Vinci Code was a publishing phenomenon with the added balm of religious controversy; the movie version earned $77 million its first weekend. Angels, actually a prequel, didn't generate the kind of heat that spurs audiences to see it immediately. Also, Dan Brown, the author of both Da Vinci and Angels, is a powerhouse literary name but not yet a megamovie franchise; Star Trek, the latest in a series of film spin-offs that date back 30 years, has brand recognition few can match. And the target audience for best-selling novels made...
...years back, the Vatican, the seat of power for the Roman Catholic Church, had waxed apoplectic over The Da Vinci Code - both the Dan Brown book and Ron Howard's 2006 movie version. According to the director, the Holy See blocked his attempts to shoot scenes of Angels, another Brown novel, in the Roman churches where much of it is set. So Howard must have found L'Osservatore Romano's genial review an unexpected blessing, somewhere between a celebratory puff of white smoke and the mild penance of 10 Our Fathers and 10 Hail Marys. We also hear that...
Although Joe Poirier '11 took home the crown, FlyBy's favorite kill belongs to Dan Bear '10 who made the trek to Jefferson Science Labs to surprise his victim with an ingenious spoon attack. Bear tracked his victim to the north end of campus, waiting outside his lab to pounce. Before he could register a kill against his "well-protected" opponent, Bear had to chase the victim around Jefferson until he finally cornered him and applied the spoon to his face. That's dedication. But apparently, the frenzied chase garnered a few concerned looks, with more than one staffer under...
...Match 2: Dan "Lockbox" Lorenzana (blue) versus Iurie "Bearclaw" Boreico...
Things have a way of coming full circle for Dan Kantrovitz, which is why it’s no surprise that he’s found his way to Harvard.At the moment, Kantrovitz is in the Graduate School finishing up his master’s degree in Statistics. Once he’s done, he’ll relocate to the Bay Area, where a job in the Oakland Athletics’ front office is waiting for him.How Kantrovitz arrived at this point is a tale of coincidence mixed with common sense, and luck—both good and bad?...