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This year’s (p)formal takes its inspiration from that classic family-friendly game of murder and deception, Clue. This theme is usually tricky??for one thing, how many Misses Peacock can there be before people start showing up in identical dresses? Awksies—but the House’s ongoing game of Assassins should keep things lively. A sprawling tent out on the Moors Terrace will keep this outdoor formal free of rain. Just watch out for falling candlesticks...

Author: By Sean Cuddihy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Let the Formals Begin! | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

...Hollywood witnessed a growing trend toward esoteric movie titles. For film enthusiasts, this proved tricky??one risked sitting through two hours of a movie that was a bit unexpected, to say the least. In most of the following cases, you (and I) were sorely disappointed. 1. “Pineapple Express” Sounds Like: An intense political drama about the United Fruit Company. Actual: Another stoner bromance from Judd Apatow. There’s fruit in Slurpees, right? 2. “Synecdoche, New York” Sounds Like: Er, a movie about every seventh grader?...

Author: By Claire J Saffitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Top Five Movies the Title Tricked You Into Seeing | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...begins a tumultuous race to save her husband’s life. “You have to make sure you’re wearing the right outfit or you’re in the right frame of mind,” says McMahon of the “tricky?? shooting schedule. Other challenges made the role appealing—namely, the “very engaging and very sensitive script,” the potential of working with up-and-coming director Mennan Yapo, and the chance to play opposite Bullock, whom he affectionately terms...

Author: By Alina Mogilyanskaya, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Julian McMahon’s ‘Skewed’ World | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...various frontmen from metal bands such as Linkin Park, Disturbed, Orgy and Marylin Manson. However, these songs are among the worst of the album, and they all sound the same. There are a few good songs here, though, but interestingly enough, they have all already been released as singles: Tricky??s “Excess,” the Deftones’ “Change (In the House of Flies)” and Disturbed’s “Down with the Sickness.” “Excess” is the best...

Author: By Daniel M. Raper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Less Than Royal Soundtrack | 2/22/2002 | See Source »

...contrast to Tricky??s swerve back into the mainstream, Björk has taken a subtle left turn up her own secret street and found yet another playground, with its own female choir and Zeena Parkins on harp. With computer mix duo Matmos assisting with the intricately layered gurgles and rattles that serve Björk where others are reduced to hitting skins with sticks, Björk wraps her voice around you and seduces you entirely. Where Tricky mixes himself into the background in favor of his collaborators, Björk knows that it is only...

Author: By Andrew R. Iliff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Divergent Evolution: 'Blowback' and 'Vespertine' | 9/14/2001 | See Source »

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