Word: summer
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first frame of the 2009 summer blockbuster season saw nice guys finish first, and second. On Thursday night Hugh Jackman was on The Daily Show, Matthew McConaughey on The Tonight Show, both playing the adoring dad with anecdotes about how cute and flirtatious their young sons are. On Friday moviegoers started clogging the plexes to see these courtly musclemen in their signature roles: Jackman as a lupine superhero, McConaughey as a stud in need of fixing. (See the TIME 100: The World's Most Influential Entertainers...
...attendance 14%. As Gitesh Pandya notes on boxofficeguru.com, "the number of $20M+ openers rose from 11 last year to 18 this year while the amount of films crossing the $100M mark skyrocketed from just one in 2008 to six in the current year." Pandya points out that the summer biggies should benefit from the success of off-season fare, since moviegoers get bombarded with previews of coming attractions, the previews often tailored to the genre of the picture playing. No warm-weather film is going to tiptoe into theaters; if a major-studio movie is opening in the next...
Students looking forward to running and lifting their way into shape this summer will not be doing so at the Malkin Athletic Center. Staffers at the athletic department have hinted that the MAC will be closed this summer due to budget cuts. The MAC is the primary undergraduate exercise facility, offering everything from treadmills and Stairmasters to salsa lessons and spinning classes. But, while it will be sad to lose these resources, this particular budget cut is understandable and will allow students to take advantage of ample other recreational opportunities in Cambridge...
...fiscal shortfall, it needs to be constantly seeking ways to cut the budget while preserving vital programs. At a point when core academic facets such as faculty hiring are being sacrificed, it seems reasonable to limit features more tangential to the academic experience. Indoor athletic facilities during the summer certainly fit this description. The ready availability of Stairmasters and treadmills was undoubtedly not the first thing on students’ minds when they decided to come to Harvard. Their temporary loss may be lamented as an inconvenience, but it will not harm the caliber of their education...
...Besides, I think my head looks unbalanced without the bow,” she says. The bow may be the one element of constancy in an artist who is otherwise a paragon of interdisciplinary spirit and multifaceted interest. Chou is interested in fashion; she did a fashion internship one summer in L.A, a good deal of her wardrobe is homemade, and she designs costumes for HRDC. She takes photographs, plays keyboard in a band, is interested in architecture, and is a commercial graphic designer. Seen the Fogg Art Museum’s brochure? It’s hers. She likes...