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...tuxedos and evening dresses, you know it must be an award show of dubious provenance but free television exposure. George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, king-of-the-movie-world James Cameron: if you offer them the chance to win a prize on TV, they will come. Thus on Friday the Broadcast Film Critics Association presented its star-clogged Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Broadway and prime-time cutie Kristin Chenoweth. And Sunday night found the Hollywood Foreign Press Association rounding up all the usual suspects, plus famous folks not up for anything - Mel Gibson, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio...
...working journalists who spend up to 40 or more weekends a year on the 'junket circuit,' gathering whatever juicy morsels they can to satisfy the insatiable appetite for news about Hollywood." And then they get to give an awards show: a dreadful, amateur, mean-spirited one, to judge from Friday's disaster. Its only fresh moment: when Bullock came onstage to share the Actress prize and planted Streep with a full-on kiss...
...Super Bowl if they can earn more than Avatar on their opening day. That's happened just three times in the month it's been in theaters: on Dec. 23 with Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel; on Christmas day with Sherlock Holmes; and this past Friday. The Book of Eli, a postapocalyptic Western about a martial artist whose greatest artillery is his copy of the Bible, took in $11.7 million that day, beating the Pandorans' $10.4 million. Avatar then stormed back to take the Saturday crown, $17.2 million to $11.8 million, and, according to studio estimates, will easily...
...Last Friday, Harvard opened a free indoor skating rink in Allston to couple its community engagement and property stewardship efforts. The rink—which will be open to the public until the end of March—aims to “bring creative, community-oriented uses to Allston properties while seeking long term tenants for its buildings,” according to a University press release...
...Green came out skiing hard, taking the first five spots in the Women’s 5k Classic on Friday. Harvard senior Audrey Mangan crossed the line in 12th place, followed by freshman Esther Kennedy. These were the highest finishes by the Crimson for the entire weekend. Dartmouth’s Nils Koons also took first in the Men’s 10k Classic, while Harvard’s top finisher was senior Trevor Petach at number...