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...conclusion of each hour-long episode, and end after a few months. The networks are hoping to find in the telenovela a new format, like reality TV, that will reclaim viewers who have soured on sitcoms, police procedurals and, well, reality TV. "The reality-TV genre is growing stale, and networks are looking for a new, low-cost format to fill that gap," says Monica Gadsby, a Hispanic-media expert and the CEO of Tapestry, a marketing firm in Chicago. If the shows connect with viewers, the U.S. will soon have a taste of the melodramatic highs and campy lows...
...matter simply: The French thriller District B13 makes everything Hollywood has lately done in the action genre look clumsy, dull and stale. It is a short, nonstop stuntfest that, by going back to basics and placing them on the screen with simple, breathless stylishness, turns what is essentially a lowlife movie form into something one is not embarrassed to call "pure" cinema--all energy, movement and high kinetic...
...selected to serve on the upcoming presidential search committee. To no one’s surprise, no student or faculty names were nestled among the six Corporation members and three Overseers mentioned in the announcement. Included in the statement, however, was a move unprecedented in recent Harvard history but stale news at peer institutions: a formal advisory role for faculty and students, in the form of two respective advisory committees. While we welcome the opportunity for formal student input on a matter of such great import to the entire University community, we cannot help but be concerned that...
...corporate talkfests. The gleaming open kitchens are among many original touches, and the venue's artwork?everything from Yuan Dynasty calligraphy to a huge sculpture by Korean artist Lee Jae Hyo?is chosen with exquisite taste. Why let the event planners book your next conference in some stale old ballroom when you can be housed in this modernist marvel...
...eclipsed by the multi-purpose functionality of the House dining hall. A provider of food, a homework station, a meeting forum, a social space–it is a hub of activity at all hours of the day and night. The dining hall is a place in which somewhat stale bagels are the fare du jour, procrastination thrives, and papers eventually get written (though it might not often happen until the HUDS staff starts prepping breakfast). Strong community is built by the mere existence of a central location through which housemates’ paths constantly cross. 2. Befriend the people...