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MacDowell might have ended up there after her very first film. The Tarzan adventure Greystoke made her the punch line to an industry joke, when her dialogue was dubbed by Glenn Close. It took a complex role as the frustrated wife in Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape (1989) for the actress to show moviegoers and Hollywood that she was an actress. The Object of Beauty, Groundhog Day and Four Weddings and a Funeral solidified her status as a go-to gal to ornament the smarter comedies for grownups. But in Crush, MacDowell is the center of the action...
...give credit where credit is due, there are the occasional parents who seem not to have been possessed by Crimson demons. Parents who are focusing on being supportive instead of fanatical, they joke about their college days and ask me what my plans are for next year. If only I could radio back to 8 Gardner Street and give them a heads-up about the ones to take seriously and the ones to send packing...
According to Lindsley Professor of Psychology Stephen M. Kosslyn and the research team at his Visual Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, hypnosis is no joke. The phrase “hypnosis is not a toy” came through the phone receiver loud and clear as Kosslyn, slightly offended, immediately rejected the idea of hypnotizing an FM reporter. To say that Kosslyn, who has published an award-winning paper finding hypnosis to be a distinct mental state, takes hypnosis seriously is an understatement...
...third joke isn’t really a joke at all but a single, great line from the movie Roxanne...
...quite know. What is fairly clear, though, is that until Art Anderson’s creators can come up with something better than the fact that Harvard’s endowment is now only 70 percent, rather than 90 percent, larger than Yale’s, the joke will continue to be on them. And I’m not fooling...