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Guys and Dolls, adapted and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, was based on the hit Broadway show about a Salvation Army lass liberated from propriety by demon rum and the attentions of a sharp gambler. As Sergeant Sarah Brown, Simmons begins with a virginal haughtiness, compromised only slightly by her nervous habit of unbuttoning the middle button on her army jacket. Then, on a night in Havana with Brando's Sky Masterson (he's made a $1,000 bet he can take her there), she's the innocent blossoming into sexual joy. That emotional unbuttoning is something the actress...
...married the actress Barbara Lass. The couple divorced...
...acknowledge vaguely that they have "nice skin." And when our hero's notoriety makes the Hogwarts girls just wild about Harry, his friend-girl Hermione (Emma Watson) can't suppress a little sulfur puff of rancor. "She's only interested in you," Hermione snits about one lass, "because she thinks you're the Chosen One." Harry's playful reply has a matter-of-fact finality: "I am the Chosen One." That's his honor, curse and destiny...
...movies, big and small, entertaining or dreadfully daunting; she'll try anything and make it work. It's a mystery how this bold, striking star-in-the-making avoided Hollywood's eye for 15 years, but for off-Hollywood, off-kilter dramas, Swinton has been the go-to lass - the queen of the indies. (See a multi-media analysis of 78 years of Oscar by Richard Corliss...
...Beyond a general slackening of such demands, undergraduates affected by the transition also deserve clear, unequivocal information about the new Gen Ed program and the indefinite nature of their own position. That the College is yet to outline the specifics of Gen Ed to the incoming lass of 2012 in its admissions information is simply appalling. This is hardly the time for faculty and administrators to hide tumult under the guise of calm: A transitional plan should be articulated before the student body, without a moment’s hesitation on questions of academic eligibility or distinct curricular options...