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...other Lampoon-related news, former staff writer Nick B. Sylvester ’04 was suspended from a top editorial position at the Village Voice and removed from the Pitchfork Media masthead for fabricating part of a Voice cover story about dating in New York; gossip site Gawker.com reports that most of Sylvester’s quotes/anecdotes were attributed to former Lampoon members...
...Jason Reitman is on top of the world. The Hollywood buzz surrounding his comical, yet poignant, satire is only appropriate for the son of legendary director/producer Ivan Reitman (“Ghostbusters”). Starring Aaron Eckhart as “Big Tabacco” mogul Nick Naylor, with a supporting cast of Adam Brody, William H. Macy, Robert Duvall and Katie Holmes, “Thank You for Smoking” satirically examines the world of spin culture in the cigarette industry. Reitman doesn’t seem fazed at all by the acclaim and attention his film?...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year... again! Well, St. Patrick’s day might get less attention than Christmas, but if you’re looking for drunken loved-ones and awkward family moments, St. Patty can give St. Nick a run for his money. March 17th is a merry ‘ole time for Irish and alcoholics alike, so why not celebrate with “The Boondock Saints,” a Boston-based cult film about how being Irish and kicking ass go hand in hand. TAKE A SHOT?...
...works every semester. Before the current system, auditions for each show were conducted independently throughout the semester. “Actors dropped out of one production to do another,” recalls Jonathan S. Miller ’72. In 1984, the HRDC board, led by then-president Nick J. Wyse ’84, decided to coordinate auditions of the separate on campus theater companies. Early on, bylaws—such as rules prohibiting directors from directly contacting actors before cast lists go up—had to be made to stop outside pressure from making actors?...
...precise, driving bass lines of Nikolai Fraiture on bass and Fabrizio Moretti behind a raised drumset got the floor pounding. The two guitarists’ now-infamous interlocking parts sounded better live than on record: Albert Hammond Jr. laid down the rhythmic chords while effortlessly cool, waif-thin Nick Valensi fashioned melodic arpeggios on top.Throughout the concert, the band led the emotions of the audience up and down. Casablancas, known for his bizarre drunken stage mumbles and tendency to avoid eye contact with his audience, was reticent at times. As red lights shot up and down the stage, he gave...