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...prepare for the role, Wahlberg and director Antoine Fuqua used the expertise of US Marine sniper Sergeant Patrick Garrity. “We went to sniper school, and physically I had to really transform,” Wahlberg explains. “Before, I was much heavier, from ‘The Departed.’ So I had to get in physical and mental shape.” Not only was Wahlberg’s physical training more extreme than that of other films, but the weaponry was different as well. “I had fired other weapons...
...Showgirls I was not really a strong participant in the creation of the scripts, of the ideas. I was just projecting into the project as much of myself as I could. So it might just be the director putting himself, his signature - his soul, if you want to be heavier - into the movie. I had the feeling I could do something completely innovative, always with the risk, of course, to be so innovative that people would be disgusted...
...adaptation has implicitly emerged on the American agenda, thanks to Hurricane Katrina. The earth's weather system is too complex to pin blame for Katrina definitively on global warming. But unusually strong hurricanes like Katrina are exactly what scientists expect to see--along with fiercer heat waves, harsher droughts, heavier rains and rising sea levels--as global warming intensifies. If the nation is serious about rebuilding New Orleans and its neighbors, it must make them as resilient to global warming as possible. "We have to fight for New Orleans," says Beverly Wright, director of the Deep South Center for Environmental...
...machines have yet been moved into the House’s gym. “We anticipate getting some of the machines from the MAC on loan while it’s closed,” Gehrke said. “We do anticipate that there will be even heavier usage, and I think it will be a bit of a strain, but we’re hoping that the new equipment...will help alleviate that.” Houses that require that students request keys in order to access the exercise room, including Winthrop and Leverett, have been overwhelmed...
...Boston community—particularly young performers—who make up the majority of the cast this year. “[The show is] not done often because it’s so big, especially in Boston where there’s a heavier emphasis on early music,” says Yu. “For emerging opera singers, it’s a rare opportunity to learn difficult roles.” Many LHO members, like Lily T. Kass ’10, say they value the cast’s diversity. According...