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...CHARGED. PAUL FRANCIS GADD, 61, a.k.a. Gary Glitter, with "committing lewd acts with minors"; in Vung Tau, Vietnam. The 1970s glam-rock icon best known for hits like Rock and Roll (Part 2) and Leader of the Gang served two months in prison in his native Great Britain in 1999 for possession of child pornography and was expelled from Cambodia in 2002 under suspicion of pedophilia, an accusation he denied. According to police, five young girls, one aged 11, say he paid them $10-20 for sex at his rented home. Gadd denies the allegations, saying that he only taught...
...system at Harvard, my father–who attended University of Texas at Austin–said, “Hey, Rex. These look like a pretty good deal. You should consider joining.” It seemed like reasonable advice. After all, my dad had been an Alpha Tau Omega in college and had enjoyed his fraternity days immensely. Coming from my background, joining an all-male social club seemed natural, and at the time, hardly objectionable.By the end of my freshman year, I felt that I had a pretty good handle on the final clubs. There were...
...Jackie Chan and Jet Li were the hot international news out of Hong Kong, another actor was the colony's No. 1 box-office draw. Stephen Chow's raucous comedies tickled the locals no end, but since his humor was largely verbal (a nonsense patter known as "mo-lei-tau"), few were betting that he could become a star in the West. Chow took the bet and made two action comedies--Shaolin Soccer (2001) and Kung Fu Hustle (2004)--that were huge pan-Asian hits and proved him an expert director as well as an engaging joker. With Hustle...
...parts of the film. Co-writer Doug Kenny ’69 is a Harvard alumnus, and if his Spee Club presidency doesn’t scream raucous, perhaps his trademark goof does: legend has it he could put his entire fist in his mouth. Some say that Delta Tau Chi of Animal House is based on a fraternity at Dartmouth, but maybe it’s time to reconsider...
Kohlberg is now CEO of Ramot, the technology transfer company of Tel Aviv University, as well as its parent company, TAU Economic Corp. Ltd. From 1989 to 2001, he filled a number of roles at New York University, including vice provost...