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...released albums that were proogressively more radio-unfriendly, while Björk released the acclaimed Homogenic, and became so famous that she was the victim of fan attacks and stalkers. Björk then starred in last year’s Dancer in the Dark, directed by Lars von Trier, for which she was awarded Best Actress while the film won Palm D’Or at the Cannes Film festival, though she has since sworn never to make a film again...
...Dean of Freshmen F. Skiddy von Stade ’38 landed in hot water when a letter he wrote to the director of admissions at Radcliffe opposing any change in the four to one ratio was obtained and published by The Crimson. Von Stade wrote that he “thought that the world in the foreseeable future was going to be primarily run by men.” For this reason, he argued it would be impractical to try to increase the number of women, whom he saw as less likely to rise to leadership positions...
December 9, 1975: F. Skiddy von Stade Jr. ’38, Dean of Freshman and Master of Mather House, announces his retirement after over 30 years of work at Harvard...
...Kidman certainly is. Her next project could be a film for Lars von Trier (Dancer in the Dark). She'll also appear, opposite Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore, as Virginia Woolf in The Hours, an adaptation of the Michael Cunningham novel directed by Billy Elliot's Stephen Daldry. Asked if her choices will change now that she's on her own, she laughs. "Now that I've got to support myself? No," she says. "I love theater. I love art films. Now I have the freedom to go to Denmark and work with Lars. Different things are available...
...Danish composer Jacob Gade "Let It Be Me" (The Everly Brothers) from the French song "Je t'appartiens" by Gilbert Becaud and Pierre Delanoe "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (The Tokens) from the South African chant "Wimoweh" "Mack the Knife" (Bobby Darin) from the German song "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill "My Way" (Frank Sinatra) from the French song "Comme d'habitude" by Jacques Revaux and Claude François "Skokian" (The Four Lads) from the Zulu song by August Msarurgwa "Strangers in the Night" (Frank Sinatra) from the German song by Bert Kaempfert...