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...Orleans, he staged his first musical play, I Know I've Been Changed, in a former Atlanta church in 1998. Two years later he introduced his most famous character, the wisecracking, God-fearing granny Mabel (Madea) Simmons - played by Perry in a plus-size print dress and silver wig. Since then he's turned out a steady stream of plays (on which his films are based) that tour the country, playing to African-American audiences on a modern-day version of the "chitlin' circuit," the segregation-era venues for black theater and vaudeville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tyler Perry's Big Happy Family | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

Though she already had an Olympic silver medal to her name before coming to Harvard, Botterill—nicknamed “Botts” by friends and teammates—was never one to rest on her laurels, and her unrivalled collegiate record is a testament to her drive, according to her coaches...

Author: By Katherine M. Savarese, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jennifer L. Botterill ’02-’03: Four-Time Canadian Ice Hockey Olympian | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

...deferred her acceptance to Harvard for a year so that she could compete in the Olympics in Salt Lake City, where she took home a silver medal...

Author: By Juliana L. Stone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Julie Chu ’07: U.S. Ice Hockey Olympic Medallist | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

Ruggiero won a silver medal at the 2002 Olympics and brought home the bronze from Torino...

Author: By Monika L. S. Robbins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Angela M. Ruggiero ’02-’04: Three-Time U.S. Ice Hockey Olympics Medallist | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

...into the limelight. Svindal won the gold by covering the course in 1:30.34, edging Miller's 1:30.62 by 0.28 seconds. It's the second medal for the Norwegian, who like Miller is a former world champion. He shaded Miller by a sliver of a time (.002) for silver in the downhill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Men's Skiing: Bode and the Yanks Own the Mountain | 2/20/2010 | See Source »

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