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...Home Team corollary: actors comprise the largest Academy contingent. A long-standing grievance of the Screen Actors Guild is "runaway productions": movies shot abroad, especially in Canada, that ship jobs out of the U.S. Thus there may be some protectionist resentment against Brokeback, which is set in Wyoming and Texas but was shot mostly in Alberta. This would tilt the Best Picture vote to Crash, a low-budget, L.A.-made movie that?s so teeming with speaking parts it seems to have employed half the SAG members in Southern California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Win Your Oscar Pool | 3/3/2006 | See Source »

...remotes for Front Row, so that you can manage music, videos and photos from a distance. Certainly, the MacBook does have a few elements that the iMac doesn't share:?The illuminated keyboard works with a twilight sensor, adjusting the backlighting so you can always see the keys; the screen is much brighter than previous models - fully viewable, even when?you use it while sitting in a bay window on a sunny day; and the MagSafe magnetic breakaway power cord works as billed, so kids and cats can tug without risk to body or machine.?Leave it to Apple designers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Apple MacBook Pro | 3/1/2006 | See Source »

...competitors and 40 teams of two had signed up for the tournament, though Howell said he hoped to double those numbers with a serious registration push Sunday through Tuesday. The event aspires to be more than video games. The final rounds will be played March 18 on the big screen in Science Center C, preceded by a banquet at which musical groups are expected to perform “Smash Brothers”-themed pieces. A VIRTUAL ICEBREAKERLarge-scale gaming isn’t limited to freshmen, either. Last Thursday, another classic Nintendo game was at the center...

Author: By Patrick R. Chesnut, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gaming: Better Than Talking? | 3/1/2006 | See Source »

Bachelors College. Saturday, March 4. 7:00 p.m., 8:15 p.m. Fong Auditorium in Boylston Hall Tickets free at the Harvard Box Office. Before the Kodak Theater hosts the 78th Academy Awards on Sunday, Fong Auditorium will feature a cinematic event of its own: the premier screening of “Bachelors Cottage,” the first film produced for public exhibition on Harvard’s campus. Written and directed by Michael Van Devere, a Harvard Box Office associate and Extension School student, “Bachelors Cottage” tells the story of six World...

Author: By Rachel E. Whitaker, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: On the Radar: Bachelors Cottage | 3/1/2006 | See Source »

...more fanciful Oscar theories addresses this question: Which film represents the home team? The majority of Academy members live in or near Los Angeles, and actors make up the largest voting contingent. A long-standing grievance of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is "runaway productions": movies shot abroad, especially in Canada, that ship jobs out of the U.S. Thus there may be some protectionist resentment against Brokeback, which is set in Wyoming and Texas but was shot mostly in Alberta. This would tilt the Best Picture vote to Crash, a low-budget, L.A.-made movie that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can He Win His Oscar? | 2/28/2006 | See Source »

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