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...half of the actor's career by casting him in Charlie's Angels (1976-81) and Dynasty (1981-89). Forsythe's Charles Townsend, head of his own L.A. sleuthing agency, was the boss of Angels Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Farrah Fawcett (replaced in the second season by Cheryl Ladd). Heard only on speakerphone, and seen only from behind, often surrounded by doting babes, Charlie was Hugh Hefner as Philip Marlowe, and the bachelor father of his Police Academy hotties. Forsythe's function was essentially the same as the self-destructing message in Mission: Impossible - to describe this week...
...university is reluctant to accept the praise. The Open Doors report, published Monday by the Institute of International Education with support from the State Department, states Harvard’s international enrollment jumped last year, moving it from 15th place to ninth in its rankings. But Sharon Ladd, the director of Harvard’s International Office, said that the 23-percent increase Open Doors cites is “misleading.” In previous years, Ladd said, Harvard only counted international students currently enrolled in the statistics it submitted, whereas other schools often include graduates working...
...miss when they're gone. Affleck, to all who know or work with him, is bright, hardworking and immensely likable and doesn't take himself too seriously. His willingness to make fun of himself has saved many a dreary Saturday Night Live. "Ben certainly is very intelligent," says Alan Ladd Jr., who produced Gone Baby Gone and knows from up-and-coming directors, since he helped launch the directing careers of Mel Gibson and George Lucas (he green-lighted Braveheart and Star Wars). "And he's a very talented writer...
...Woodbridge Society of International Students at Harvard says it will press administrators to address the matter. “This will have far-reaching effects on the international student body at Harvard,” according to Woodbridge spokeswoman Ritambhara Kumar ’09.Harvard International Office Director Sharon Ladd said administrators are trying to make sure students will not face the same problem this year.“What we’re working towards is not being caught out again this year, because it’s fair to say most people were when...
...suspected for decades. How closely this fictionalized portrait of a seamy, teeming Eden turned anti-Eden actually matched reality is a good question. But it sure made for good reading (and viewing). The "Black Dahlia" case actually derived its name from a pretty good film noir, starring Alan Ladd, that had been released the previous year...