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...given out in Ec 10. Instead, I am proposing that Harvard take a less harsh view of the forbidden pleasures of growing up and show more compassion toward its students. Many other universities have taken this approach and their campuses have not turned into drug dens and moon-shine distilleries, nor have their students become druggies. Living in the Yard reminds me of an Orwellian state--not of the college I dreamed about. --Dorian Berger...
That community, usually ignored by the big Hollywood players, is now the hot place to be. In last week's honor roll of Oscar nominations, four of the five finalists for Best Picture (The English Patient, Fargo, Secrets & Lies and Shine) were released by independent companies; only Jerry Maguire came from one of the seven major studios. Indie films did handsomely in all top categories: three of the slots for Best Actor, four for Best Director, all five for Best Actress. For once the Oscars looked less like the Tonys and more like the Obies. Off-Hollywood had beaten Hollywood...
...audiences aren't there the first weekend, they're not coming," says Gramercy's Russell Schwartz. "But our films have to be discovered. We live by word of mouth." And Oscar has the biggest mouth around. The day after the nominations were announced, the box office for Shine jumped 40% from the previous Wednesday...
...strong indie showing seemed a victory for a favorite hero of old Hollywood films: the nervy little guy. That can be misleading, since most of the "independent" companies are owned by media conglomerates: Miramax by the Walt Disney Co., Gramercy (which released Fargo) by Polygram, Fine Line (Shine) by Time Warner. October Films (Secrets & Lies) is partly financed by mighty Allen & Co., but despite rumors that it is open to a takeover bid, Bingham Ray vows to maintain autonomy. "We're at the peak of our game right now as a privately held, true independent," he says...
...Your child is like a little peacock taking you around and showing you everything he learned for the past week," Jackman says. "You see those kids shine from the work that they've done...