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Among the anachronistic books cited are volumes on Halley's Comet's 1986 return, America's crazy attempt at a moon landing (1969) and the grand strategy of the USSR (which dissolved in 1989). The pair's personal favorite, though, is Dee Snyder's Teenage Survival Guide, a book by the lead singer of the '80s metal band Twisted Sister - a man whose qualifications to guide teenagers through their formative years are dubious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Awful Library Books | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

...virgins he was promised as a martyr, and they are either ugly or men. Nor is Achmed the only one of Dunham's workmates exploring the outer edges of taste. In the regular rotation are Hispanic José Jalapeńo, grumpy old Walter, black "manager" Sweet Daddy Dee, redneck Bubba J, and Peanut, the bad kid. All of them are politically incorrect, gratuitously insulting and ill tempered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Puppet Master | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

...core of each character. “The best actors have a shorthand for expressing the emotional life of a character that even the real character can’t quite express as comfortably,” he says. Haney cast up-and-comer Nicole Beharie as female protagonist Dee Roberts. Joining Beharie in the film are veteran actors like Alfre Woodard, Tim Blake Nelson, and Charles Dutton.The 2000 U.S. presidential election constitutes both the political and visual subtexts of the storyline, with frequent shots of the campaigns of George W. Bush and Al Gore ’69 spliced...

Author: By Jessica M. Righthand, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Haney Crafts New ‘American’ Drama | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...totally different world.” While he does not yet know where his acting career will take him, Priour remains confident that acting will play an integral role in his life, referencing a Disney quote about his plans after graduation: “High diddly dee, the actor’s life for me.” —Staff writer Bram A. Strochlic can be reached at bstrochl@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Bram A. Strochlic, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jonah C. Priour ’09 | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...says, alluding to the male-dominated mainstream music industry that unsuccessfully manipulated and ultimately rejected her in the 1970s. Highlights of Williamson’s trailblazing music career were shown last Wednesday at a free screening of “Radical Harmonies,” a Dee Mosbacher-directed documentary depicting the inception and growth of the rarely publicized women’s music movement. “Like a lot of women’s work,” Williamson said, “it went unseen but not unsung.” In 1973, the singer?...

Author: By Roxanne J. Fequiere, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Women In Music | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

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