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larrycrowne The Oldest Students in Movies: Going Back to School When Youre Older Than the Professor

There’s no statute of limitations on education, otherwise disruptive (and much-older-than-the-norm) co-eds the Marx Brothers, Rodney Dangerfield, and rappers Method Man and Redman would never have been let onto campus.

As middle-aged college student Larry Crowne, 54-year-old Tom Hanks isn’t hitting the books just for laughs, but for the life lessons, something we students of inspirational films have already learned from Rudy (Sean Astin), Rita (‘Harry Potter’s… Continue reading The Oldest Students in Movies: Going 'Back to School' When You're Older Than the Professor

Older smokers at risk of impaired memory

smokeign 150x150 Older smokers at risk of impaired memoryOlder smokers are likely to damage their grey matter and lose cognitive functions at a greater rate than non-smokers. Cognitive functions involve thought, memory and information processes enabling us to learn new things and comprehend what is being said. The study led by Osvaldo Almeida, research director of The University of Western Australia, found that [...] Continue reading Older smokers at risk of impaired memory

Sarah Jessica Parker 21 150x150 Getting older is like being a wilting flower, says Sarah Jessica ParkerThere is no easy way to halt the aging process and it seems Sarah Jessica Parker has understood this. “I don”t know what I can do about the aging. Yes, I am aging. Oh my God, I”m aging all the time,” People mag quoted her as telling Elle magazine as saying. And, it”s all happening [...] Continue reading Getting older is like being a wilting flower, says Sarah Jessica Parker

Model shift: Could older be the new black?

Fashion, in hunt for newness, newsworthiness and perhaps responsibility, embraces older models Among the more avant-garde looks shown on the runways of New York, London, Paris and Milan was one that seems ho-hum in real life: gray hair. More mature models – some even in their, gasp, 40s – were stars at the previews of fall styles. And in the fashion world … Continue reading Model shift: Could older be the new black?

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