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Pascarelli first explained the techno-genius behind “The Diamond Guy Effect,” the studio’s name for the glitter effect applied to Edward when he steps into sunlight. Pascarelli showed a video clip of Edward (Robert Pattinson), wracked with teenage angst, unbuttoned shirt framing his subtly painted abs. Over the sounds of screaming, excited fans mooning over Edward at the shooting, Pascarelli addressed the audience—a motley crew of middle-aged women and nerdy computer science high school students: “We based the glittering of his skin...
...lecture exposed the two most beloved elements of the “Twilight Saga”: detailed full-body scans of Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, and manifestations of Stephanie Meyer’s quixotic supernatural mysticism. A swoon-worthy cast and a genius visual effects crew are the reasons why “New Moon,” with a budget of only $50 million and less-than stellar critical reviews, has already grossed $704 million worldwide...
...Carly Fiorina Is an Internet Genius," declared New York magazine. "The Most Bizarre Ad in Recent Memory," blared the Huffington Post. "Demon Sheep Goes Viral," announced the Washington Post on a front-page Web headline. The tag #demonsheep quickly spiked near the top of Twitter's trending topics, and Rachel Maddow played the spot on her MSNBC show, calling it "so bad, no one wanted to believe it was real." Not wanting to be left out of the controversy, the third Republican candidate in the race to unseat Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer, Chuck DeVore, responded by launching a website - Demonsheep.org...
Perhaps one does need to be mad to be a genius. But very few people, especially at a school like Harvard, are willing to admit that they’re not perfect. And many of us are prime targets for depression and eating disorders; we are high-achieving students at a high-pressure institution, prone to scathing self-criticism and inflated expectations...
...worst-case scenario that came to pass in 1977 when the complications of fever took him in Switzerland. The literary world at once divided in two: the “publish” camp happy to get their hands on whatever they could from the man they considered a genius, and their “perish” antagonists urging incineration lest any imperfection blacken the Nabokovian halo. One might assume that the recent green light points to some newly unearthed document or deep philosophical revelation. Not so. In an absurd introduction seeking to defend the decision, Nabokov?...