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Being a fan helps with the tricky business of winning over fanboys of established franchises, who tend to be a protective bunch. When Chris Weitz was tapped to direct this fall's His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass, an adaptation of the first book in Philip Pullman's fantasy series, starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, the About a Boy director made the mistake of going online and reading a poll of fan reaction. "I had just barely beaten 'nobody' as the person who would be the best director for the series," says Weitz, who eventually invited some fans onto...
...Rosendale went on to cite an example of a man who lost seventy pounds after seeing how easy it was to change outward appearances in Second Life. It is precisely such direct connections between reality and fiction that the “plastic” world of Second Life creates...
...Undergraduate Council (UC) urged Harvard to further divest from companies with ties to the Sudanese government in an uncontested vote last night. The University has in recent years ended its direct investments in two Chinese oil companies that do business in Sudan, but still holds indirect investments in these companies and others through index funds managed by Barclays, a British bank. Representatives of the Harvard Darfur Action Group (HDAG) were on hand to present yesterday’s legislation, which included both a position paper and a resolution urging the administrators of Harvard’s endowment to adhere...
...Reagan Justice Department, who has worked frequently with current Administration and the Republican National Committee to promote Bush's court nominees; David Keene, chairman of the influential American Conservative Union, one of the nation's oldest and largest grassroots conservative groups; Richard Viguerie, a well-known G.O.P. direct mail expert and fundraiser; and Bob Barr, the former Republican Congressman from Georgia and free speech advocate, as well as John Whitehead, head of the Rutherford Institute, a conservative non-profit active in fighting for what it calls religious freedoms...
...from a school that gets your mental juices flowing really will help me get that edge,” she adds.Karina A. Mangu-Ward ’05, who is currently pursuing an M.F.A. in theater management and production at the Columbia School of the Arts, draws a more direct connection between Harvard and her career in performing arts.“I think part of the reason Harvard has such a vibrant theater culture is because there is no segregation between someone who considers themselves an artist and who considers themselves a student of something else...