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When Diary’s critics do become engaged, the tone borders on malevolence, most of which is directed against the grandmother Madea character. Perry acts the part himself—in drag—with such reckless abandon he makes Robin Williams’ Mrs. Doubtfire appear a model of subtlety and restraint. During the course of the film, Madea brandishes a pistol, vandalizes a mansion with a chainsaw, and smokes copious amounts of marijuana...
...ANNOUNCED. RESULTS of a computer tomographic (C.T.) scan of the remains of Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamun, which appear to rule out foul play in his early death; in Cairo. The C.T. scan, for which Tut's body was removed from its sarcophagus for the first time since its discovery in 1922, revealed no sign of head wounds, ending speculation that a blow to the head had ended the 19-year-old King's brief reign circa 1352 B.C. "We don't know how the King died, but we are sure it was not murder," said Egyptian antiquities expert Zahi Hawass...
...striking portraits, goes on display at London's Natural History Museum from May 28 to Sept. 18. Each over 6 ft. [1.8 m] tall, the photographs reveal a moving depth of personality in their subjects. Mollison's apes are laid-back, cheeky, happy and sly. But disconcertingly, many also appear profoundly depressed and fearful, and no wonder. They are orphans, rescued from poachers. One of the subjects, a young gorilla named Pumbu, saw her parents killed for bush meat. Another, a sad-eyed Indonesian orangutan called Bonny , lost her mother and was sold as a pet. Mollison hopes that "Face...
While I can begin to sympathize with Morgan Grice’s experience (“Zero Minutes of Fame,” Comment, Mar. 9), that sympathy falls away with this one sentence: “I was to appear on a certain cable news network that shall remain nameless (yes, careerism and any potential ramifications unfortunately factor...
This time around marks the fourth time in five years all three teams have advanced to the semifinal stage. Harvard won the tournament last season after being eliminated by Dartmouth in each of the preceding four. Although the top two seeds appear to be on a collision course once again, St. Lawrence stands in the way, owners of an 8-3-1 record over the Big Green in their last 12 match-ups and undefeated against Dartmouth in post-season play...