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Note: EDtv isn't copycat filmmaking, exactly. The Howard film--written, with their usual comic clarity, by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel--is a version of the 1994 Quebec farce Louis 19, le roi des ondes. But Hollywood, temporarily bereft of original ideas, has become fascinated by its power to create and corrupt. It looks at O.J., Monica, the rubes and rhubarbs on Jerry Springer and asks, with a mixture of self-accusation and self-awe, What have we done...
Chow's next role is as the King of Siam, opposite Jodie Foster as Anna, in a new version of the story Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musicalized in 1951 and filmed with Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner five years later. So who needs another King and I movie? Kids, apparently. So here is an animated feature that expands and dumbs down the story. There's some kung fu, a Jafar-style villain with satanic powers, a cartoon menagerie (funny monkey, majestic leopard, etc.), and lame comedy with a crudely drawn, Buddha-shaped fall guy. It's all needless...
Likewise, people in the Quad say, "Hi," while River folk walk on by. And come nightfall, the feverish River beats a friendly but empty Quad. In many ways the Radcliffe dorms are a softer, cozier, newer version of the River Houses; essentially, the Quad is to the River what Temple is to Grafton. But those who hazard the walk to both places will reap rewards. Newly converted Quaddites, dry your tears; Temple promises redemption...
...especially active and enthusiastic sophomore class, many say, has re-energized the House Committee. House event highlights include 'Thropstock, Winthrop's miniature version of Springfest, and Debauchery night, when people have been known to run through the House dining room sans clothing. Look for House Master Paul D. Hanson in the dining hall during the day--he enjoys taking his meals among students. And don't miss the Waka Commons, a House grill without the grill (destroyed by fire last year), named after House resident Adam D. "Waka" Green...
Brian's back," the publicists say every time the famously elusive Brian Wilson surfaces with a new project. Has the phrase become the pop-cultural version of an idle threat? Of course, it's hard for anyone to live up to his own legend, and Brian Wilson is in the unusual position of having to cope with two. As the composer and producer for the Beach Boys, he is responsible for some of the most ethereal and sophisticated pop of the classic-rock era, as well as some of its most purely joyful and (we must be honest) embarrassingly goofy...