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...FAMOUS HAWAIIAN-beach kiss with co-star Burt Lancaster in the wartime drama From Here to Eternity introduced sex appeal, however tame it may seem by contemporary standards, to 1950s moviegoers. Previously cast for roles that accentuated her genteel English demeanor, Deborah Kerr gave a sultry performance that earned her a spot in history as one of Hollywood's premier sex symbols. Too tall to pursue her first love, ballet, Kerr also made her mark in roles like the starched governess in The King and I and a hopeless romantic in An Affair to Remember. She was nominated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 5, 2007 | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

Somewhere buried beneath all the political themes in “The Mineola Twins,” a fascinating drama about a dysfunctional family is trapped and trying to get out. The Loeb Ex production conveys both of these aspects effectively, although the result never quite coalesces...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bipolar ‘Twins’ Lacks Cohesion | 10/22/2007 | See Source »

...advisor to the lawyers of the six black students controversially indicted in Jena, La. earlier this year—said that the Jena case highlights larger problems in the American legal and education systems. “Jena’s most important role is in lending drama and immediacy to a long-standing, worsening problem,” he told the committee, alleging differences in the way students are treated in schoolrooms and courthouses according to their race. Ogletree said that black youths are suspended at far higher rates than their white counterparts, which increases their likelihood of dropping...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ogletree Addresses Congress | 10/22/2007 | See Source »

...film disappoints in its attempts at being a character-driven drama. The players serve as little more than well-established stereotypes, from the anguished pregnant wife who will stop at nothing to discover what has happened to her husband, to the green CIA operative with a conscience...

Author: By Bram A. Strochlic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rendition | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

...Quad to watch the ABC hit show “Grey’s Anatomy” at the Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH). Munching on free popcorn and candy, the students join about 30 Quadlings in the basement of the Quad Library, where they watch the latest drama at their favorite fictional hospital unfold on a 30-foot screen. “I’ve been coming with a group of friends every week since the premiere,” said Lisa X. Jing ’10, who lives in DeWolfe, at last night?...

Author: By Natasha S. Whitney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SOCH Shows “Grey’s Anatomy” | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

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