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True, he'd already made one iconic teen movie. But Twilight fans were initially shocked when American Pie director Chris Weitz was handed the reins for New Moon. TIME spoke with Weitz about his immersion in the Twilight world, dealing with Internet rumors and winning over the fans in the run-up to New Moon's Nov. 20 release...
...always an embarrassment when a movie earns less than the low-ball figures its executives publicly predict. The Vampire's Assistant, envisioned as the launch of a franchise based on Darren Shan's horror-romance books, came with the creative pedigree of director Paul Weitz (American Pie, About a Boy, In Good Company) and Oscar-winning screenwriter Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential). Its distributor had a modest goal: "If it comes in with double digits," said Universal's Nikki Rocco, "that will be a win for us." Instead, it cadged just $6.3 million. Expect no sequels du Freak...
...disaster” and “destruction” in cryptic tones only to promptly return to consciousness and perkily ask, “What did I say?” Truska is engaging and whimsical where Darren and Steve are ponderous and uncomfortable, and Weitz does a wonderful job combining the character’s vaudevillian lingerie and spontaneous beard-growth. The little-known Cerveris—most recognizable as The Observer on Fox’s popular drama, “Fringe”—delivers an equally captivating performance as the grosteque, blubbery villain...
...such an honor to be given a fellowship like that,” Yao said. “It allows you to choose any research adviser and gives you so many opportunities in grad school.” Yao credits his undergraduate research advisor, Physics professor David A. Weitz, for much of his success. “My work in the Weitz lab has been the cornerstone of my undergraduate experience and has taught me about the importance of interdisciplinary research,” Yao said in the press release issued by the Radcliffe Institute. Yao said that Weitz...
...engaging other people at the table. Are there any schools that actually do what he is trying his kitchen, he wondered, offering haute cuisine new ways to manipulate food through what is known of physics, chemistry and technology? Nothing quite fit what Adria was looking for, but Professor David Weitz of Harvard's Department of Physics said he headed a group that studied soft condensed matter, and that perhaps it could be of service to Adria...