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This has been a very mild session of the Cannes Film Festival - not just in the weather, but in the selection of films and the response of the 4,000 journalists here. The films on display in the first week had their partisans and their detractors, without provoking much acrimonious dispute. But reviewers do love to dispute each other, and the world premiere of Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette gave us the chance finally to argue over a movie...
...Handsomely filmed, in a rich style that enhances both the comedy and the pathos, A Friend of the Family is the best film in the current Cannes session. To me, Sorrentino is the young hope of Italian cinema. He doesn't turn 36 until next Wednesday, and I couldn't imagine a happier or better deserved birthday present than a Palme d'Or. Then he, like the residents (and sometimes the journalists) of Cannes, could party all night...
Gottesman has likened his role at the White House to that of Charlie Young on the NBC television program “The West Wing.” When asked about his similarity to Young in an interactive question-and-answer session on the White House’s Web site, Gottesman wrote, “Charlie seems to be smarter, funnier, and better-looking. But, from what I remember—our jobs are probably pretty similar...
...noise and less space than they bargained for. Lamont is open 24-hours a day during the week and until 12:45 Fridays and Saturdays, making it an attractive place for students to stay all day, leaving their books behind when they head out for lunch or a review session. But thanks to Michael I. Levin-Gesundheit ’08, a new library policy makes this less of an option. New signs posted throughout the library request that students not claim study space by piling up belongings or locking up laptops to library furniture. If a desk or carrel...
State governments, which tend to offer generous health-care benefits, may find those numbers appealing. A bill in the West Virginia legislature sponsored by delegate Ray Canterbury outlines incentives for the public employee health-insurance program that are similar to Blue Ridge's. Hospital administrators attending the legislative session when the bill came up for a hearing in February nearly gagged, says Canterbury: "They were not happy. But I didn't expect them to be. The point is to make them face competition...