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...wealthy hotel family; she is an independent and headstrong daughter of a mother eager to marry her and her three sisters off to well-established young bachelors. The storyline should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with Jane Austen, or any standard boy-meets-girl Hollywood romance, really; what makes this film so enjoyable is its marriage of Eastern style and Western content (especially fun to see when the setting moves to Los Angeles) and the way this relationship parallels the one between Lalita and Darcy. ---SNJ?...
Several of Posner’s disaster set-ups feel like they’ve been ripped from the scripts of Hollywood blockbusters (think Armageddon or The Matrix). But his strangelet scenario deserves special consideration here at Harvard because particle accelerators figure prominently in the work of several of the University’s most prominent physicists...
...cold and the rain. Police officers blockade the street. A door opens and a group of young men file out, dressed in drag from head to toe, covered in glitter, lace, bustiers, bustles, high heels, wigs, and make-up. Catherine Zeta-Jones—Oscar-winning actress and Hollywood luminary, whose per-film paycheck can reach eight figures—smiles...
Fifty-four years later, members of the national media come out in droves to catch a glimpse of the chosen ones at ceremonies that now extend to men as well as women. People magazine, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, and Access Hollywood all sent reporters and photographers to cover Catherine Zeta-Jones’ reception of her pot last week. News outlets as far away as India write reports on the Hasty Pudding, bringing the iconic image of the Woman of the Year flanked by undergraduates in drag to breakfast tables across the world...
Zeta-Jones follows in an illustrious line of Hollywood heavy hitters, including Julia Roberts, Katharine Hepburn, and Meryl Streep. All came to Harvard for a gaudy photo-op, a gaudy production, and a gaudy brass pot—and ended up spending the day with Harvard students. Somehow, the Hasty Pudding has created an award that celebrities consent to and even enjoy winning...