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...Otherwise, voters went for meaningfully angry over emotionally adorable-not just with Crash and supporting actress Weisz (as the martyred activist in The Constant Gardener) but in two of the short-film categories. The prize for Live Action Short went to the contentious Six Shooter, written by English playwright Martin McDonagh-a three-time Best Play nominee on Broadway who probably couldn?t have imagined he?d win an Oscar before he got a Tony. And in the Animated Short category, the award went not to the Pixar cartoon One Man Band but to John Canemaker?s The Moon...
...monologue a gentleman?s B-intermittently funny, but not what I?d expected from the current god of comedy. The audience received his jokes indulgently but not warmly. He wasn?t David Letterman (another TV outsider who bombed as an Oscar host in 1995), but he wasn?t Steve Martin or Billy Crystal. There were moments when the usually unflappable Stewart, gauging the tepid response, made the flop-sweat asides of a bombing standup comic. (?Work with me.? ?I?m a loser.?) And part of his problem was that he was working against the prejudices of the room rather than...
...Crimson finishes its season today against Columbia. If the losing streak continues against the Lions, Harvard may find itself in the Ivy League cellar. Saturday’s game will be the final appearance for captain Matt Stehle and fellow seniors Michael Beal and Zach Martin. “This game is real important for the seniors, more than anything,” Sullivan said. “It is important to send out the seniors the best we can, given the circumstances. They have been an excellent group of guys. They have worked diligently, they have worked hard...
...Though the tournament teetered on chaos from time to time, with plans to follow a pre-made bracket falling by the wayside, the spirit of fun prevailed throughout the night. One of those responsible for that spirit, tournament music director and residential tutor Martin S. Bell ’03, shed some insight into the game at hand and the importance of his role in the event. “Connect Four is, if nothing else, a game fueled by pure adrenaline,” said Bell, who is a former Crimson sports executive. Describing his objective...
Others plan on finding alternative transportation to work. Leverett dining hall worker John Martin, who lives in Somerville, said that he will walk to work more often if the MBTA increases fares...