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...hard to imagine the movie succeeding without Wright Penn. She and Lively are both blond, blue-eyed and beautiful, but the resemblance stops there. Clearly, though, Wright Penn studied Lively's movements, because she uses various tricks, echoing her arched eyebrows or open, camera-ready smile, to make up the physical differences between them. It's a generous act - the more skilled actress reaching out to the younger for the sake of the character. Wright Penn has been in the public consciousness for more than 20 years (Buttercup!), but she herself has been something of an enigma. She seemed...
...converted on their first three attempts by moving the puck quickly, finding open shooting lanes, and cleaning up rebounds...
...coaching staff made strategy adjustments for the team’s power play in order to deal with Harvard’s aggressive penalty kill. The changes resulted in many opportunities and several open looks...
...find a workable compromise. On the face of it, the Senate is more heavily pro-choice than the House, with only 40 solid pro-life votes (38 Republicans plus Casey and Ben Nelson of Nebraska). But with practically no Republicans except for Maine's Olympia Snowe looking even open to the possibility of voting for the Senate bill, majority leader Harry Reid will need every single one of his caucus' votes. What's more, there are seven additional Democrats who have in the past voted to ban federal funding of abortions and another four who have mixed records, having voted...
...afoul of contemporaries like Jean-Paul Sartre - don't exactly make him a perfect icon of the left, says Cusset. "Though he was courageous in refusing to be shut away into any political or philosophical category, Camus never really said what camp he belonged to, meaning his legacy is open to lots of interpretation," Cusset says. "Camus was indeed one of the most famous figures and beloved writers in the postwar period, but Sarkozy's embrace of Camus seems to confirm the French motto that you need to be more consensual than brilliant to get into the Panth...