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...could give any other movies this treatment, what movies would you pick? We'd love to do it with Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. With our fan base, we have to do something we know that people are already going to be familiar with backwards and forwards. And those are movies our fans know as well as we do. We couldn't do Joe Versus the Volcano or Kramer vs. Kramer...
...Winfrey too said she didn't like being hemmed in by restrictions on what she could endorse, so in 2005, she announced her first contemporary pick in three years with A Million Little Pieces, James Frey's presumed memoir of addiction and recovery. Pieces sales skyrocketed, and while the attention undoubtedly padded Frey's pockets and those of his publishers, it also shone enough light on the controversial book that the author was forced to admit he had embellished and even made up some of its most compelling passages. Hell hath no fury, of course, like a TV megacelebrity scorned...
...parent of a teenager knows: not only is the brain of the adolescent far from mature, but both gray and white matter undergo extensive structural changes well past puberty. "When we started," says Giedd, "we thought we'd follow kids until about 18 or 20. If we had to pick a number now, we'd probably...
...running on the Communist ticket. I don’t know the person’s name, but I’m definitely going to smirk a little bit when I see it on my absentee ballot.HARVARD (1-0) AT BROWN (1-0)If you had to pick a sleeper in the Ivy League this season, Brown would be it. The Bears are well-coached, their defense is better than expected, and their vaunted offense—which didn’t live up to the hype in Brown’s 17-7 win over Stonybrook—certainly...
...Still, Mann and her reliable back line will have their hands full with an opportunistic Penn offense. Sophomore Sarah Friedman, who has had her way in enemy territory this season, is the player to watch for the Quakers—and for an early Ivy Player of the Year pick. So far, Friedman has figured into nine of the team’s 11 goals (two goals, seven assists) and leads the league in assists per game. Penn’s mediocre record thus far speaks to the quality of its opponents: the last four teams it had played before...