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...misleading titles go, “Theatrical Photographs,” by Alix Jeffry, at the Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery has succeeded in a misnomer. Many of the photographs, while delightful, have naught to do with the theatre; Jeffry’s real name was Evelyn Fish and the Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery is little more than the entrance to Pusey Library. That said, it is worth the trip to Harvard’s underground library to see these 70-odd black and white portraits on display...
...Drama isn't deemed commercially viable enough. The only genre now being made is action-latte. If Shu Qi is half as good as some directors believe she is, then there's scarcely a local vehicle out there to showcase her talent. French director Leos Carax (Les Amants du Pont-Neuf) met Shu Qi in April when he came to Hong Kong to cast a new film and, like so many men across Asia, was blown away: "Great young actresses don't come around very often. Like Juliette (Binoche), a young Sandrine Bonnaire, or this girl per-haps...
...come exclusively from the private sector, where individual companies and corporations have taken it upon themselves to explore new alternatives. In the past year, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Dow Chemical, IBM and Johnson & Johnson have all made (and followed through with) pledges to cut their production of carbon dioxide; recently, Du Pont, Shell and others joined in a voluntary plan to reduce the wasteful use of energy and produce cleaner products. And just last week, BP and Ford donated $20 million to Princeton University to develop a technique called carbon sequestration, which could potentially stow carbon emissions safely within the earth...
...VoxCap.com Political updates, issues and forums. Sister sites include Intellectual-Capital.com a webzine edited by former Delaware Governor Pete du Pont...
...although du Pont enjoyed the special occasion, she admits she had no idea who any of the visitors were except for Bush...