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...ceremony if it's aired on NBC or even as a webcast. (Especially as a webcast: the income that studios derive from the Internet, and don't share with writers, is one of the sticking points of the strike.) And if the writers haul their placards to the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the glamorous stars in their fabulous frocks might stay home. A Globes show without George Clooney, Angelina Jolie and Pia Zadora is no show at all. So the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has had to consider making its big party a strictly private affair. The stars will be there...
...Whitlock’s, or when we chastise Barry Bonds for cheating when our society prioritizes winning at any cost, or when we bad-mouth Alex Rodriguez for loving money despite this nation’s materialistic culture. And it’s not just sports. We hate Paris Hilton for her own fame while we continue to pay attention to her, and we blame President Bush for apathy towards hurricane victims and genocides while we as citizens ignore these issues ourselves...
Returning after a two-week hiatus and facing its biggest test of the season thus far, the Harvard wrestling team garnered a 20th-place finish at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational at the Hilton Convention Center. In the two-day event, two Crimson wrestlers, sophomore J.P. O’Connor and junior co-captain Louis Caputo, advanced to the semifinals, finishing second and fifth, respectively. O’Connor, the No. 2 seed, wrestled third seed Lance Palmer of Ohio State in the semifinal at 149 lb. and pulled off a close 4-3 decision victory. In the final...
Mercifully, there were some concessions to the 21st century. Our gladiatorial boot camp took place in a sumptuous private room at the Rome Cavalieri Hilton, where the only lions on hand were made of marble. We dressed for the part in crimson tunics with rope belts and the kind of strappy sandals that were the height of fashion in the year A.D. 1. The Cavalieri Hilton has the footwear handmade...
...Show. But it also illustrates a key challenge facing America's schools: When is a hug inappropriate - or "extreme," as its been dubbed by some administrators? And, more broadly, how far should schools go in policing the behavior of a generation that often takes its social cues from Paris Hilton and Britney Spears...