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...just a number. Here’s to her killer calves and to proving my point that 50 is the new 30. 3. Lucille Ball: I love Lucy. Life is a series of awkward events, and you might as well face it with a quirky sense of humor. Lucy shows that you can revel in your inner you and still get a hubby with a foreign accent. 2. Helen Parr (aka Elastigirl; aka Mrs. Incredible): Not just a metaphoric superhero, Helen Parr is also a literal one. She proves that there are all sorts of advantages to being flexible?...

Author: By Emily G.W. Chau, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Emily G.W. Chau | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

...otherwise, he says, "I feel more American sometimes than most Americans." His accent, unlike the man himself, still pays dues to his homeland, but also owes a few of its cadences to California. Yet Ringo sees himself as a typical Liverpudlian at least in one respect. "I bring humor to the fore," he says. "It's a defense. Give me an opening and I'm in. When I was a kid, you went to the pub and people would have some sort of quick retort to what you said. A lot of it would put you down, but it would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ringo's Rhythm Without Blues | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...still got that bittersweet humor and is sharp as a razor," says Stewart, who co-wrote and co-produced Ringo's forthcoming solo album. Called Liverpool 8, after the postal code of the neighborhood where Ringo grew up, its title track chronicles his escape from the city in jaunty couplets ("I always followed my heart/ But I never missed a beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ringo's Rhythm Without Blues | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...about the idea that our stories, the stories of everyday people, are as interesting and as important as the nonsense we get about celebrities 24 hours a day from all corners. If you really take the time to listen, you'll find poetry and grace and eloquence and humor in the stories of people we find all around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dave Isay: Tell Me a Story | 12/11/2007 | See Source »

...tick, tick...BOOM!,” main character Jon (Derek S. Mueller ’10) humorously agonizes for a whole song—whimsically titled “Sugar”—over the process of buying a Twinkie. He compares it to trying to buy a pack of condoms: both involve the characteristic guilty body language, the overt attempts at subtlety, and the cashier’s tendency to nip the purchaser’s unobtrusiveness in the bud. A few scenes later, Jon’s best friend reveals that he is seriously...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘tick, tick...BOOM!’ Blows Adams House Away | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

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