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...Erin Brockovich OK, fine. Everybody loves this story about the plucky legal secretary who shimmied her way through one of history's most lucrative class action suits. And Julia Roberts turned in a solid performance in the title role. But compared to the subtleties of "You Can Count on Me," or the elegant understatement of "Wonder Boys," this Hollywood blockbuster seems a bit, well, obvious...
...down the Actress nominees. Julia Roberts (Only two things in Hollywood are certain: One is that Roberts will win for her role in "Erin Brockovich," the other is that Calista Flockhart will never eat her young), Laura Linney ("lovely, leggy Laura Linney" as she's known among heterosexual males who work in the New York theater, where she got her start), Ellen Burstyn (brilliant performance as a drug addict in "Requiem For a Dream"; wonder if Robert Downey Jr. will be at the Oscars), Juliette Binoche, Joan Allen (want to go back to sleep but can't; confused...
...Finally, Best Picture nominees! "Gladiator" (receives 12 nominations, more than any film this year)," "Traffic" (directed by Steven Soderbergh), "Erin Brockovich" (directed by Steven Soderbergh, who just made history by becoming the first director to garner two Best Director nominations and two Best Picture nods in the same year), "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (Also up for Best Foreign Film; just hoping its director, Ang Lee, hasn't learned to make acceptance speeches from Robert Benigni), "Chocolat" (the most controversial nomination; Miramax has been accused of buying a nod for a film that most critics considered a sugary nothing; the film...
Harvard did a solid job shutting down Penn's top scorers Carmanico and guard Erin Ladley from the floor. Although the two combined to shoot just 9-of-30, Penn won the game with clutch shooting from the line, where the two combined to shoot 20-of-23. Caramanico led all scorers with 21 while Ladley followed with...
...Erin B. Ashwell '02 is a government concentrator in Eliot House. Her column appears on alternate Mondays...