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Disney's lineup includes next December's eccentric time-travel tale Meet the Robinsons, with a critter comedy, American Dog, and a familiar fairy tale, Rapunzel, in years ahead. Set for 2007 is Enchanted, a live-action-plus-animation hybrid la Roger Rabbit, about a storybook princess who enters the real world of modern Manhattan. Then there's Gnomeo & Juliet, a musical remake of Shakespeare's tragedy (it worked for West Side Story) featuring garden gnomes, with songs by executive producer Elton John. Disney is also developing a new Three Little Pigs, using Caldecott Award winner David Wiesner...
...ever wondered how Mather House’s next-door, red-towered brick beauty evolved into the bustling community it is today should have his questions answered this spring. This house seminar, however, is not a simply the random creation of IBM Professor of Business and Government Roger B. Porter, nor is the course an underhanded attempt to boost Dunster’s reputation and House pride. Instead, “Histories of Dunster House” is actually being offered as a celebration of the House’s 75th anniversary as a residential community...
Hoop Dreams. Crumb. Michael Moore's Roger & Me. Errol Morris' The Thin Blue Line. Michael Apted's 7 Up series. These are some of the finest documentary features in recent decades, and they share one distinction: none received an Oscar, or even a nomination, for Best Documentary. An outcry over the exclusion of films like these and charges of cronyism within the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' selection committee led to rules changes in 2001. So this year's list will be a lot sharper...
...margin of defeat was rail-thin. Out of over 22,000 votes cast, there were just seven more nays than yeas. But short of a recount, the contract is dead-a stark reversal of fortunes for Transport Workers Union president Roger Toussaint. During the strike, the former subway car cleaner survived the wrath of millions of nettled commuters just long enough to win some real concessions from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Toussaint faces possible jail time for the strike, not to mention the millions in fines leveled at the union, but he had managed to preserve pensions and lock...
...idea of the ruling is just such a big departure from the idea that science should be open for everybody,” said Roger W. Brockett, the Wang professor of computer science and electrical engineering...