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...career without the safely rounded edges of his leading-man persona, taking on riskier and more complex character roles such as the tightly wound triad spy he played in the hit Infernal Affairs trilogy. He'll even tackle subordinate parts if he thinks they are enough of a stretch. It's paying off. Last week, he won the Best Actor trophy at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards for his performance as a conflicted monk in a beefcake bodysuit in Running on Karma. In accepting the honor, Lau took the stage and proclaimed: "I love the film industry!" At last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rule of Lau | 4/12/2004 | See Source »

...first half, though, Harvard turned in an overwhelming offensive performance that included a stretch of five goals in six minutes...

Author: By Nathaniel A. Smith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Loses Late Lead to Penn | 4/12/2004 | See Source »

After conceding three early runs, he fanned eight down the stretch, solidifying an 11-7 comeback win he himself helped kick-start with his offense...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Led By Herrmann | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

...didn’t tell them, we’re doing a movie about how your faith abuses people. I just sort of listened and watched.” But ultimately, Sandvoss says, becoming Elder Aaron Davis wasn’t too much of a stretch...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Latter Day Success | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

...spent a summer acting at Princeton University, and I really got to “stretch my acting muscle” during that time through playing a wide spectrum of characters. As one part, I played Pegora the Witch in a children’s show of the same name. This character was a sweet, wholesome witch-in-training who has trouble pegging the role of the wicked witch because she is too nice. My other character, Ruth in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds was this very disturbed, manipulative girl who on one hand...

Author: By Vinita M. Alexander, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Spotlight: Andrea M. Spillman '07 | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

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