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...Frank Portman had to grow up. The punk pop band he founded in the '80s--the Mr. T Experience--had the kind of long-term niche success that leads to self-doubt and massive credit-card debt. Plus, the band had fallen apart. Portman, 42, was on the verge of becoming that old guy working at a record store. And record stores don't much exist anymore...
Luckily, one of his fans grew up to be a book agent who specializes in young-adult novels. So when Steven Malk, 33, used his job as an excuse to talk to Dr. Frank, as Portman is known, after a show, he was surprised when Dr. Frank said yes, sure, he would write a novel for teenage boys. That novel, King Dork, is far more successful than all the songs Portman has ever written put together. Already in its sixth printing, it has been showered with positive reviews. Will Ferrell's film company just bought the film rights...
...four points during the 11-2 run, enroute to a 10 point, 11 rebound night. “I honestly think of all of our guys, Brian put too much pressure on himself tonight to try to respond to a subpar game at Michigan,” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said. Cusworth’s frustration increased with his defense assigment--Crusader center Tim Clifford--who exploded for 22 points on 9 of 11 shooting , including a 7 of 7 shooting performance to start the game. Throughout the contest, Harvard struggled to keep a lid on the Holy Cross...
...Altman certainly didn't invent overlapping dialogue; that goes back to the earliest days of talking pictures, when such directors as Frank Capra, Howard Hawks and Lewis Milestone picked up the technique popularized a few years earlier in the stage production of The Front Page. But he practically trademarked it in MASH. And he kept using it as a way of suggesting that life wasn't as neat as most movie stories. It was a messy thing - chaos, only vaguely organized - and it offered few straightforward resolutions or consolations. To the movie moguls, that was a call to anarchy...
...banquet. Senior tailback Clifton Dawson received the team’s Frederick Greeley Crocker “Most Valuable Player” award for the second consecutive year, while senior defensive tackle Mike Berg was awarded the Joseph E. Wolf Award for most outstanding interior lineman. Senior center Frank Fernandez came away with the William Paine LaCroix Trophy given for enthusiasm, sportsmanship, loyalty, and team spirit, and the Robert F. Kennedy Award for desire, determination, and willingness to work went to Tully. Tight end Mark Higgins won the Henry N. Lamar Award, given to the senior deemed most dedicated...