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...come to the play mainly to see Walken. “I am president of his Harvard Fan Club,” she said, adding, “if there is one.” After the roast, Lachter said that Walken had been an extremely interesting guest, if very shy. “He was different than Charlize in many respects,” said Lachter, referring to the Pudding’s 2008 Woman of the Year, Charlize Theron, whose appearance was particularly boisterous. As the press conference ended, Walken posed with his Pudding pot. Asked about...
Shortly after she became Prime Minister in 1979, Margaret Thatcher was showing a guest around 10 Downing Street. On the way up the main staircase, she pointed out the portraits along the wall of England's Prime Ministers, from William Pitt (1783-1801) to her predecessor, James Callaghan. The visitor remarked that there was no room left for Thatcher's picture. "Don't worry," she said with the trace of a smile, "I'll push all the others down...
...Haden Guest, director of the Harvard Film Archive (HFA), described Catalan director José Luis Guerín’s films, presented Feb. 9-11 at the Carpenter Center, as “an attempt to return to the fundamental properties of cinema.” Well-known abroad, but not in America, Guerín blends fact and fiction in movies that not only challenge the viewer’s conception of reality and truth, but also his conception of a movie itself. Guerín screened his films in person as a part of the HFA?...
...have strong political views, or have you found the ability to rise above it all? -Carole Ramsay, Morris Plains, N.J.Lawrence Spivak, who founded Meet the Press, told me before he died that the job of the host is to learn as much as you can about your guest's positions and take the other side. And to do that in a persistent and civil way. And that's what I try to do every Sunday. My views are not important...
...drama that unfolds onstage continue offstage? -Memi Sofer, Be'er Sheva, IsraelMany times the atmosphere in the studio is very tense. A candidate will come in and not have much to say beforehand. Many times, when we go to a break, nothing is said. It depends on the guest...