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When actor/comedian Will Ferrell walks into the room, an over-the-top scene seems sure to ensue. From “Anchorman” to “Talladega Nights,” Ferrell is known for absurd outbursts. The promotion for his latest movie, “Semi-Pro,” has been particularly outrageous, featuring posters of his character, Jackie Moon, lying naked with a strategically placed basketball. There is also a music video, “Love Me Sexy,” that features Moon on a motorcycle jumping over a line of cheerleaders...
...found here failed to engage him.“I wasn’t interested in the school, and it wasn’t interested in me,” he said.During his time in Cambridge the only truly engaging experience he had was with the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine. “It was the only truly engaging experience “It was the only thing I took away from Harvard,” he said. “The Lampoon...
Will Ferrell, plus 70s sport shorts, plus an Afro, equals disaster: “Semi-Pro” falls flatter than a deflated basketball. In fact, on exiting the theatre, I was not sure if the title “Semi-Pro” referred to the amateur basketball team that Ferrell leads or the movie as a whole. It accurately describes both. “Semi-Pro” charts the fortunes of the Flint Tropics, the worst team in the American Basketball Association (ABA). Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, the player/coach/owner of the Tropics and former singer...
...Page has eschewed traditional chaplain’s raiments, preferring an Oxford shirt and jeans. And as he begins to describe his personal experience with Lent as a teenager, Page moves from behind the lectern and paces Oprah-style before the semi-circle, exhorting the students to translate the liturgical season of fasting and prayer to their daily lives...
When Third Eye Blind took the stage at Yardfest last spring, the rain-drenched hoard of Harvard students crooned along with the band’s hit, “Semi-Charmed Life.” “I want something else,” the song goes—and students chanted along with the band. But for some, these lyrics carry genuine sentiment: When it comes to the artists that the College Events Board (CEB) chooses to perform at Harvard each spring, many of us wish that we were watching something—or someone?...