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...Apatow comedy was also in the $30 million range, about a tenth that of Pirates. And as word of mouth goosed Knocked Up's weekday grosses past Pirates, the film also certified its leading man, Seth Rogen, as a new comedy star. First law of movie economics: an action epic costs buckets to make; a comedy, peanuts...
...created the Mark Twain Poetry Award, "recognizing a poet's contribution to humor in American poetry." Barr also published several essays criticizing the state of American poetry. He accused it of "intellectual and spiritual stagnation." He called out poets for being addicted to lyric poetry (as opposed to, say, epic or satirical poetry) and for being obsessed with formal experimentation. He dissed M.F.A. programs for churning out careerist, cookie-cutter poets who were "sustained by a system of fellowships, grants, and other subsidies that absolve recipients of the responsibility to write books that a reader who is not a specialist...
...field wall this time. Boston College 6, Harvard 4. And as the day wore on, with two out and two on in the fourth, Murphy blasted the yellow ball for the same long ride over the same center-field wall. Harvard 7, Boston College 6. And on that same epic day, with Harvard ahead, 10-9, in the seventh, it was Murphy who knocked in two insurance runs to end Boston College’s hope for a rally. The Crimson won the game and Murphy solidified her spot on the top line of opposing teams’ scouting reports...
...strong showing in the regular season was cooled by an early exit from the ECAC playoffs, the Crimson sought redemption against top-ranked Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in the hostile confines of the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis.What ensued was a battle of epic proportions. Harvard proved its mettle against the Badgers, grinding out over 127 minutes of grueling, scoreless hockey. But in the fourth overtime, Wisconsin’s Jinelle Zaugg one-timed a pass from Badgers star Sara Bauer to end the historic contest and the Crimson’s championship hopes...
...imagine which of the competing films the jury president would like best. In 2002, when David Lynch was president, the winning film was Roman Polanski's very traditional The Pianist. Last year, ultra-hip auteur Wong Kar Wai gave the Palme d'Or to Ken Loach's political epic The Wind That Shakes the Barley. Go figure...