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...yardstick by which Hollywood measures success, he couldn't produce: his films were rarely moneyspinners. And now he was in the middle of making a small, relatively low-budget film filled with little-known actors that has absolutely no appeal to ticket-buying, popcorn-munching 18-to-24-year-old males - and it's not even showing in cinemas, instead going straight to TV. Could it possibly be a hit? "I've given up thinking about results," Minghella told TIME recently. "It's just all about the process. As long as I'm working with good people and we enjoy...
...Senate has approved a $2.1 billion increase to its proposed budget for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—by far Harvard’s largest source of federal dollars. Thursday’s vote came two days after University President Drew G. Faust testified before a Senate committee in favor of boosting the Institutes’ budget. NIH’s funding has seen a real-dollars decline in the last three years, leading many scientists to criticize Congress and the White House for stifling biomedical research. “The 13-percent loss in real dollars...
...relatively speaking, cheap to make (western Canada is a perfect stand-in for the western U.S.) require smallish casts and in the dreariness of their first shots signal seriousness of intent. I don't care if we're talking No Country for Old Men or the more recent, low-budget hopelessness of Snow Angels - the seasoned moviegoer settles in for a long trek in a pickup truck, stopping only for depressed meals in dubious diners, trailer park sleepovers and a touch of concluding violence...
There is a charged atmosphere in the scientific community today—and not just among electrical engineers. A host of innovations, particularly those in the biological sciences, are generating a great deal of excitement. Yet White House antagonism may threaten the realization of practical progress. In the current budget proposal, submitted by President George W. Bush and now appearing before congress, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would be provided nominal funding at last year’s level. With inflation, this effectively represents a decrease in the real value of funding to the NIH. This perverse budgetary approach...
...grow into the enormous,double-wide shoes he’ll have to fill ifwants to be “the biggest boss that you’veseen thus far.”“Trilla” is everything you’d expectfrom a big budget, highly anticipated record—the beats are fantastic, the guestappearances are high profile and numerous,and the production is top notch.Contributions from the likes of Lil’Wayne, Nelly, R. Kelly, Jay-Z, and YoungJeezy help provide some of the diversitythat Ross lacks in his raps. These typicallycenter...