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After the Olympics, Emily A. Hughes ’11 should be able to skate her way through freshman year at Harvard. The 2006 Olympian, 2007 U.S. National Championships Silver Medalist, and 2007-2008 Ec10 superstar sat down with FM after a performance at the charity benefit An Evening with Champions. The Apley Court resident spoke about the show, crazy skating outfits, and everyone’s favorite scary Russian, Oksana Baiul.1. Fifteen Minutes: What was it like to be a part of An Evening with Champions now that you’re a Harvard student?Emily Hughes...
...born with the doubly optimistic name Destiny Hope Cyrus. Her father, achy-breaky country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, nicknamed her "Smiley," which was quickly shortened to "Miley." On her Disney Channel sitcom, she plays Miley Stewart, an ordinary girl with a secret identity: pop-superstar Hannah Montana. On Oct. 18, Cyrus--who has sold millions of very real albums--begins a concert tour, performing as Montana and as ... Miley Cyrus...
Fourteen years old, and America's biggest kids' superstar already has enough personas to fill a postmodern novel. But to Cyrus, reached by phone between tour preparation and an appearance on Ellen, the distinction is not that complicated. "What my fans get, which parents have a harder time grasping, is they know who's underneath Hannah Montana," she says. "They like the girl who's underneath...
...just ugly. Some of Harvard’s most fashion-inclined wrap it around their necks like a glorified scarf rather than don it properly as headwear. Unfortunately, the result is less than hip. We have since added the kaffiyeh to the anti-neck accessory list, which includes superstar fashions of the past (including poufy goose down vests to spiked dog collars). The light cottony material is great for protecting eyes and ears from desert sand, but pointless for New England’s bone-chilling autumn breeze. No matter how tightly those hippie-philosophy types clasp their newly purchased...
...Indeed, beyond the scandal of the moment, Pentecostalism has produced a culture of superstar preachers whose lives are always at risk of being turned into something close to secular entertainment...