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It’s unclear why this silent little girl’s grandmother insists on projecting her insecurities about aging onto the story of Sleeping Beauty. As the clearly delusional old lady with a Marge-like nest of towering hair recalls the tale, a 2-D rendition of the story unfolds, contrasting the world of fairies with the more 3D environment of the girl and her grandma. The short ends the old lady creepily saying, “I’ll see you in the morning—with the help of God.” It?...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Oscar-Nominated Short Films Preview | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

...resist the power of old love? Clearly, modern medicine has an issue with it, as in this struggle between life and death. All this old woman wants is to die and join her sweetie in the light of afterlife. All the Grim Reaper wants is to help her. But as tends to be the case in animation, the square-jawed guy (the doctor) and his band of flirty hangers-on are set on saving her life. A wistful, playful soundtrack accompanies the sweetly surreal chase through the woman’s final hours...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Oscar-Nominated Short Films Preview | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

Keith got his start in wrestling when he was just five years old, weighing in at much less than 125. Don Jantzen, a family friend and the high school coach in his district, suggested to Keith and his parents that he wrestle and invited him to try it out in kindergarten. This was the start of a relationship that would help him to improve on his wrestling skills and to accomplish his mission of wrestling for Harvard...

Author: By Steven T. A. Roach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wrestler Living Lifelong Dream | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

...episode, the character Chris goes on a date with a young woman who has Down syndrome. When he asks her about her parents, she tells him, "My dad's an accountant, and my mom's the former governor of Alaska." Palin's 1-year-old son Trig has Down. (See the 100 best TV shows of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Outrage Smackdown: Family Guy Defeats Palin | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

...Olympics to date. It made you seriously wonder why this sport doesn't garner more attention in the U.S. as well as admire Europe's good taste in obsessing over an event that Americans foolishly offer a big fat yawn. After all, what's more engrossing than a good old-fashioned race to the finish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How America Crashed the Nordic Party | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

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