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...Season 1 (out on DVD), hairdresser Jill Tyrrell (Julia Davis) pursued the husband of her wheelchair-bound neighbor, murdered her own hubby and framed a man for his death. Other than that, she's a delight to be around. In Season 2 of this BBC sitcom, writer-actress Davis brings her antiheroine back to feral, scheming life. She's greedy, cunning and sociopathic, but for fans of dark comedy, Jill will kill...
...1930s to ?It?s Hard Out Here for a Pimp? this year. But, hell, the competition comprised of a woozy liturgical ballad from Crash and an uptempo number from the bottom of the Dolly Parton song trunk. And the winners, three exponents of Memphis hiphop, expressed more astonished delight than anyone except the Crash crowd. One of them even thanked the Oscar show?s executive producer, Gil Cates. That guy?ll be invited back, even if his dude duds obliterated the dress code...
...lectures were exchanged for a lively showcase of orchestral talent in Sanders Theater on the evening of Saturday, Mar. 3, when the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) took to the same stage to deliver an impressive performance to the delight of parents and students alike this Junior Parents’ Weekend. Conducted by Music Director James Yannatos, the program consisted of works by Respighi and Dvorák, as well as Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 24,” featuring soloist Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Music, Robert D. Levin...
...discussing dance at Harvard, Foster describes both her delight in and frustration with the program in all of its manifestations. She speaks enthusiastically about the many different student dance groups, from Irish step groups to the new Pan-African Dance and Drum Ensemble, while also expressing her disappointment in the demise of such programs as the summer course in dance in which she once participated...
...Academy Awards broadcast has come under fire for being overlong and dull. Last year, the show’s producers trimmed its runtime by a half hour and tapped outspoken comedian Chris Rock to give the program some much needed “edge.” To the delight of viewers—and the horror of many stars—Rock used the hosting gig to skewer Hollywood egos and lampoon the self-importance of the entertainment industry. But his barbs may have been a little too incisive—he was not invited back...