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...this because he's an expert at making everything look rich, even if it's just the equivalent of putting a Target bracelet in a Tiffany box. It's also because he doesn't hesitate to call in favors. The Black Hawk Down special-effects team does odd jobs on all three Bruckheimer shows. After all, who would turn down a request from a guy who has $200 million to blow on his feature films? It would be like not leaving cookies out for Santa...
...school for mutants, run by Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), mind bender and father figure. Director Bryan Singer's first XMen, a hit from summer 2000, was basically Men in Black from the point of view of the humanly challenged: sure, the earth is overrun by odd creatures, but we must nurture them and harness their strengths, not send out the feds on an ethnic-cleansing orgy...
...Mingwei, the OFA’s visiting artist this year. Students and community members lined up early on each of 10 nights for brief sessions with that night’s psychic. Every night, the wait list was full by 5:15 p.m. and many of the 30-odd visitors turned away came back night after night...
...constant FAS-wide rate of 2 percent per year. But after Harvard reclassified hundreds of employees last year to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act, requiring them to fill out timesheets and paying them overtime, the OFA has borne a disproportionate load, as its employees often work odd hours to maintain theater spaces and box offices. McCormick and Memorial Hall Complex Director Eric Engel say the changes cost the OFA and Memorial Hall Complex $68,000 in one time expenses and $58,000 per year thereafter. No additional FAS funding was available to cover these costs...
Polanski’s life has been peppered with odd tragedies. Yet the most tragic misfortune is his sordid, criminal act committed against a 13-year-old girl. There were six charges leveled against the director involving giving drugs to the girl and engaging in seedy sexual acts. To this day he can’t set foot on U.S. soil for fear of arrest...