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...next decade, she delivered impeccably timed comic performances in a slew of roles, among them a porn star turned folksinger in A Mighty Wind (2003), an unctuous lawyer on Showtime's The L Word (2005), a guidance counselor with a past in Role Models (2008) and Julia Child's sister in a critically acclaimed turn opposite Meryl Streep in last summer's Julie & Julia. All of them, however, were bit parts - characters, as Lynch puts it, with a "function": to advance the plot or help the central characters grow without sticking around long enough to grow themselves. Now, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best in Show | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

...crazy adventure and have crazy times!”  Sirs, you are not crazy, nor are you going on a crazy adventure. Please do not ever refer to yourself again as “wild hogs.”  After this incident, my sister was commissioned to accompany my dad on all future rental trips to provide guidance and screen his selections...

Author: By Mark A. Pacult, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Welcome Diversion | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

Smider insists he has a method to his madness. He ran as part of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge, which raises money for breast cancer research. But Smider also had personal reasons for his endeavor, getting involved to honor his sister-in-law, Elizabeth G. Smider, who died of breast cancer...

Author: By Jyotika Banga, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Ultimate Race: Four Marathons and a Cure for Cancer | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

...With the failing economy, researchers are seeing their funding go stagnant,” he said. “This is one small way I can help and remember my sister...

Author: By Jyotika Banga, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Ultimate Race: Four Marathons and a Cure for Cancer | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

...accountability of the mentally ill in violent crimes, the responsibility artists have for the emotions provoked by their art, and, perhaps most painfully, whether victims of violent abuse are ever capable of healing. Katurian seems to provide an answer to this final uncertainty when he snarls at his sister, “There are no happy endings in real life!” “The Pillowman” does not have a happy ending either—but it is this raw and unflinching exploration of complex, volatile issues which makes the show an intelligent, thought-provoking drama...

Author: By Clio C. Smurro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Pillowman' Anything But Fluffy | 4/20/2010 | See Source »

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