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After selecting You and the rise of user-generated content last year, I was keen to select a person this year. I think part of the excitement of POY (as we call it internally)--and part of the challenge--is picking one individual who fits the description of the person who has most profoundly influenced the world during the past year, for better or for worse. I believe individuals can and do change the course of history, but it's often hard to tease out one person's vision and influence from the hurly-burly of events...
...member of the elite dance troupe charged with entertaining military top brass. Opposite are a lawyer and some business types. It's my turn to say something. I've played this game many times before with Chinese friends, but I'm lost in the whirlwind of jargon. Keen to avoid a bloodbath in the first round, I make a feeble plea for cool heads to prevail...
...video entails Kid Sister sitting idly in a nail salon, waving her freshly brushed and glittered cuticles at the camera while dropping self-absorbed rhymes. Hardly a good visual marriage for the catchy, clubby beat provided by A-Trak, who also makes an appearance. Still, director Fleischer provides keen originality to match Kid Sister’s potential club hit. Inspired by the art of fingernail design, the video features numerous leg-like fingers artistically break dancing on the salon’s tables. These dancing digits show off the colorful nail designs, which shine with an intensity that...
...life from a gun-toting Nazi. Dominic, fluent in a dozen languages, attempts to complete his “life’s work”: The quest to find the origin of language and human consciousness. But he is bogged down by the Nazis, who take a keen interest in his situation and his loneliness. Coppola starts with a number of promising elements. Stylistically, he keeps the film interesting by incorporating vivid scenery—from a gory hospital visit to a whimsical trip to India—with novel approaches to dream sequences, where the shots begin upside...
...watch include Dina Emde in the high jump, Brian Hill in middle distance events, and John McVey in the pole vault, as all three had strong outings last weekend.—BRAD HINSHELWOODWith two events under its belt—the East Stroudsburg Open and the Cliff Keen LA Invitational—the Harvard wrestling team travels to Hofstra this weekend for its first dual meet of the season. The Crimson boasts a much deeper starting lineup this year, especially with freshmen Shay Warren and Dan Kelly competing at 125 lbs., a spot Harvard often forfeited in previous seasons...