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Though the late actor had taken on other roles since, it was his Oscar-nominated performance as Ennis Del Mar, a sheep rancher who discovers his homosexuality in Brokeback Mountain, that mourners referred to again and again. His death was particularly poignant to gay New Yorkers. "He is a gay icon," says John Lopez, 22, who works in a gourmet food store that Ledger frequented. "To support us, he broke a lot of taboos." From overseas, the film's director Ang Lee said in a statement, "He brought to the role of Ennis more than any of us could have...
...Nicholson, trying to walk the line between what the studios wanted him to be (a romantic hero such as those he played in 10 Things I Hate About You and A Knight's Tale, his first two big hits) and the more renegade figures he was drawn to (Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain, the iconic Australia outlaw in Ned Kelly or the junkie in Candy). "I wanted to scrub it all away," he said of his early forays into stardom, "and start again, to see what my abilities are, if there are any." He was hard on himself...
...period, Harvard put together a strong start on Saturday night. Following a run of back-and-forth play, Fraser scored his first goal of the season at 11:48 after senior forward Alex Meintel won a faceoff in the Princeton zone and directed the puck to freshman forward Michael Del Mauro. “[Del Mauro] found me in the slot and made a beautiful pass to me, and I basically had a wide-open net,” Fraser said. As the second period progressed, momentum gradually swung toward the Tigers, which outshot the Crimson...
...Green" [Dec. 3]: Ever since I visited Asia 25 years ago, I've known how to go without toilet paper - and have never been so clean! As long as we have soap and water, we can emerge cleaner than ever. So, Lisa, help save a tree! Roberto Lamoureux, SURIGAO DEL NORTE, THE PHILIPPINES...
ROBERTO LAMOUREUX SURIGAO DEL NORTE, THE PHILIPPINES...