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...turns to desperate measures in “Fun with Dick and Jane.” With a terrific combination of Jim Carrey-isms and social satire, the title says it all. Dick (Carrey) and Jane (Tea Leoni), along with their bilingual son and maid, seem to have the perfect life. And after years of paying his dues, Dick is promoted to vice president at Globodyne, a huge corporation that consolidates media properties. But within 24 hours of his promotion, the company is destroyed in an Enron-type scandal and Dick, along with thousands of other employees, is left...
...make her show stand out, Dench decides to do an English version of the Moulin Rouge. In a hilarious scene, Henderson convinces the stuffy Lord Chamberlain, played with perfect deadpan by Christopher Guest, to allow nudity onstage. “But what about the midlands?” the Chamberlain asks, to which Dench replies “you mean the pussy?” Too prude for the Parisian approach to nudity, the Lord Chamberlain relents to nudity presented strictly as art; the girls onstage can’t move...
Harvard’s first half effort gave the Crimson its only halftime lead of the season at 32-28, as Robinson shot a perfect 5-of-5 from the floor en route to 13 first half points. The Crimson outrebounded the Terriers 20-15 and held BU to just 34.5 percent shooting from the field...
...flavorless, seaweed-based thickener used in soups and jellies) is hip?at least in Japan, where it is known as kanten. The reason? It has no calories, is rich in dietary fiber and fills you up quickly, so that you're inclined to eat less. That makes it a perfect fit for today's slimming-obsessed consumer. "Kanten is filled with soluble fiber ... and significantly slows down digestion," explains Jacqueline Marcus, associate professor of culinary nutrition at Kendall College, Chicago. All of a sudden, Japanese magazines and websites are crammed with kanten recipes, and one of the country's leading...
...this space is too well-suited for undergraduate housing to pass up.If the Allston Houses are aligned with the rest of the undergraduate Houses, the north bank of the Charles will be the firmly established social and geographic center of College life. As such, we see this as the perfect place to build a student center. Though we, along with many others, had formerly believed that Allston would be an appropriate site for a student center, a careful examination of the proposed plans has made it clear that this is no longer the best option. Rather than trying to create...