Tag: Tommy Lee Jones

  • Nation & World

    The Game kicks off with high spirits

    With just 0:55 remaining in today’s game, Harvard beat Yale, 31-24 at Harvard Stadium, securing an undefeated season for the Crimson and outright ownership of the Ivy League championship title for the eighth straight year. But for many, The Game is more than a test of field skills, it’s about tradition, food, family, and fun.

    10 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Birth of an actor

    Tommy Lee Jones discusses his first glimpse of the foreign turf of New England, and a hard choice he had to make on arriving: Should he focus on football or acting?

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Tommy Lee Jones receives Arts Medal

    Actor John Lithgow ’67 hosted the annual Harvard Arts Medal ceremony, which recognizes a Harvard or Radcliffe graduate or faculty member who has achieved excellence in the arts and has made a contribution through the arts to education or the public good. The medal recipient was actor Tommy Lee Jones ’69.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Hooray for Harvardwood

    As a liberal arts college, Harvard doesn’t train its students for jobs in Hollywood. But student clubs, a liaison network, and individual drive prompt some toward entertainment careers, a fact reflected in this year’s Oscar nominees.

    12 minutes