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Little Voice (Jane Horrocks), a withdrawn young woman who is constantly hectored by her blowsy mom (Brenda Blethyn) and courted by a drab-as-drywall repairman (Ewan McGregor), lives only for the pop standards her dear dead dad loved. Turns out she has an eerie gift for mimicking Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe and other ghosts of chanteuses past. So a local talent scout (Michael Caine) thrusts the kid onstage for her, and the film's, moment of magic. Horrocks' metamorphosis from starling to star is worth cherishing. But stay around for Caine's bilious rendition of Roy Orbison...
...Garland emphasized the enormous reach of thePBHA, which involves 70 programs and more than10,000 people...
Joseph M. Garland '00 and Susan J. Koo '99 were elected president and vice-president, respectively, within minutes of their speeches and to wild applause from their fellow members. But it took nearly 45 minutes of speeches, question-and-answer sessions and a final vote before Chandan G. Reddy '00 emerged as the next treasurer of PBHA, which oversees almost all of Harvard's many volunteer organization...
...Garland also discussed his plans to make thePBHA more efficient, such as evaluating programsto find out where help is most needed, and to makevolunteers feel more welcome...
Although gaggles of girls go for heroine and princess gear, some youngsters, like Radhika Garland, tried to be creative. While browsing at Boston Costume, she decided to dress up as "an Amazon because it's something new. I'm always a witch." An amazon? The river, perhaps, or maybe the Imax movie. Alessandra Davin initially planned on being a hippie, and then the devil, but ultimately settled on "Dracula...because...um...I just thought of it." Clever! While all frightening characters were moderately popular, the Scream-murderer attire proved to be a particular favorite. Marta Bezoari said she wanted...