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...director Bill Condon has made some compromises too: pumping up the role of a James Brownish belter to get Eddie Murphy more screen time, handing Beyoncé a new ballad to even out a story that belongs to Effie. But, hey, that's show biz, and Dreamgirls has plenty of visual pizazz to match its cast's charisma. American Idol's Hudson is sensational, mixing tenderness and the truculence of an oughta-be star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holiday Movies | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...reader-oriented titles—to move back in with his parents and start from scratch. The goal: become a comic book artist in his own right. The path: quite dark and twisted indeed. Chiang was a trailblazer in his undergrad days as a joint concentrator in English and Visual and Environmental Studies (VES). Chiang entered college thinking that he would be an English concentrator, but wasn’t satisfied with what the department had to offer. At the same time, he started going with friends to local comic book stores like Million Year Picnic and New England Comics...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alum Goes from Harvard Yard to Gotham City | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

...playing clown appears. It kind of deflates the moment. Once you get past the WTF-factor, “Hurt” is actually fairly enjoyable. Director Francis Sigismondi, who also directed Aguilera’s “Fighter,” treats viewers to an array of visual riches ranging from live elephants to unicyclists to fedoras. While much of its content is hopelessly giggle-inducing, the video’s images are vibrant, colorful, and beautifully shot. Videos like this remind us why pop divas usually leave the soul-baring to singer-songwriters. With no flashing lights...

Author: By Teddy R. Sherrill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Christina Aguilera, "Hurt" | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

...party streamers sprayed into an open doorway before a building search or across a darkened room can help detect nearly invisible trip wires attached to bombs and boobytraps. The old methods to detect trip wires - sweeping the space with a metal grappling hook or getting close enough for a visual inspection - just aren't as safe, Marines discovered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Helping the Troops | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

...problem is lumping all Sioux, a nomadic Plains people, under the heading “fighting,” or the extraction of visual generalizations from group names, did Harper consider the Big Green men’s hoops team’s first two opponents in 2006, George Washington and Massachusetts? The GW Colonials mascot is a presidential look-alike in a powdered wig and breeches. Is the implication that all American colonists were white and wealthy? Because that belittles the poor artisans and black slaves...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No Sense In Anti-Mascot Crusade | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

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