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...Acting the Part The feature on Sylvester Stallone and his latest Rambo movie reminded me that our biggest Hollywood war heroes, John Wayne and Sylvester Stallone, made very sure they were never in the military, much less a real war [Feb. 4]. I'm no hero, but these guys aren't either. How refreshing it would have been to hear one of them discuss the role that guilt played in their careers. Rick Donahoe, Yellow Springs, Ohio...
...battle of Obama vs. Clinton were being told by a Hollywood filmmaker instead of by the muse of history, the opening scene would be set beneath the spreading pecan trees of the Scholz Garten in Austin, Texas. Of all the beer joints in all the world, this venerable watering hole near the state capitol may come closest to the heart of Texas' Democratic Party. Liberals have been hatching plans here since Lyndon Johnson was a big-eared kid, and for a few months in 1972, it was the venue of choice for the young organizers of George McGovern's quixotic...
...realize the only way to get somewhere in Hollywood is to go to LA, get there, and work your way up,” says Geraldine K. Prasuhn ’09, a recent Harvardwood 101 attendee. “You have to start with the real tasks like getting coffee and a Harvard education is not going to help you there...
...mystery that surrounds Hollywood careers can be the factor that causes even the most eager Harvard students to cross them out as options. Gilmore, in her experience at OCS, has learned that the entertainment industry lacks the ubiquity on campus that seem to have popularized consulting and investment banking. “They know that people enter the entertainment industry, but they have no idea how they would do it,” Gilmore says. “It’s a very closed industry to outsiders, and people who are inside will be the first to admit that...
...Hell hath no fury like an agent scorned” seems to be the enduring message of Douglas Carter Beane’s “The Little Dog Laughed,” a sharp chamber comedy that fiercely satirizes Hollywood wheeling and dealing and probes issues of gay identity in the popular media.The Tony-nominated play makes its New England premier at the Wembly Theater at the Calderwood Pavillion, directed by Paul Melone and running through Feb. 16.The play focuses on Mitchell Green (Robert Serrell), a young actor confused about his sexual orientation and attempting to reconcile a budding...