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Mystery Nurse Helps Save Ferry Victim (Oct 17 2003 05:22 GMT) - It was a slow afternoon at the midtown Manhattan restaurant where Paul Esposito waited tables, so he headed downtown for an early ferry ride back to Staten Island. |
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'Seabiscuit' into stretch (Oct 17 2003 05:21 GMT) - VPage: Pic continues to play well with crowds If aud reception is anything to go by, "Seabiscuit" could go all the way. Ross, who fielded questions from the ArcLight aud during a Q&A with film reviewer and historian Pete Hammond post screening, said he was grateful for the caliber of stars as horses proved far more difficult to direct than thesps. |
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UPN sews fashion skein (Oct 17 2003 05:21 GMT) - TV News: Net wears drama from 'Nip/Tuck' team UPN has landed a drama project from "Nip/Tuck" producers Greer Shephard and Michael Robin and scribe Dan Bucatinsky ("All Over the Guy"). |
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William Morris' Kannof exits (Oct 17 2003 05:21 GMT) - Business News: WMA vet forms multimedia firm FullCourt Alan Kannof, a 25-year veteran of the William Morris Agency, has ankled his post as the tenpercentery's exec VP and chief operating officer, East Coast office. |
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U steps into the 'Void' (Oct 17 2003 05:21 GMT) - Film News: Carnahan set for Arriaga cop script Universal Pictures has tapped Joe Carnahan to direct "Void," a gritty crime drama that has just been set at the studio by producer Kevin Misher. |
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A journo's tale for Warner (Oct 17 2003 05:21 GMT) - Film News: Studio options Pearl widow's memoir Warner Bros. has paid high-six figures to option the feature film rights to Mariane Pearl's memoir "A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl" for Brad Grey, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's WB-based Plan B Prods. to produce. |
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Searchlight finds its 'Company' man (Oct 17 2003 05:21 GMT) - Film News: Redford to helm, produce; Dobbs to adapt book Robert Redford will direct romantic thriller "The Company You Keep" for specialized division Fox Searchlight. Pic is based on Neil Gordon's third novel of the same name. |
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Hathaway, Phillips to wreak 'Havoc' (Oct 17 2003 05:21 GMT) - Film News: Gaghan-penned pic will also star Biehn, San Giacomo Anne Hathaway and Bijou Phillips will topline the Media 8 (formerly MDP Worldwide) drama "Havoc" for director Barbara Kopple. |
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FCC seeking more merger data (Oct 17 2003 05:21 GMT) - Business News: Commission asks Hughes for exact subscriber figures It may be just a formality, but the Federal Communications Commission wants a little more information from News Corp. and Hughes Electronics Corp., the parent company of DirecTV. |
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Prod'n techmeister upped to U exec VP (Oct 17 2003 05:21 GMT) - Film News: Swallow oversaw 'Grinch,' 'Mummy,' 'Furious' Universal Pictures has upped John Swallow to exec VP of production technology. He continues to report to production prexies Mary Parent and Scott Stuber. |
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Court hears appeal of media regs (Oct 17 2003 05:21 GMT) - Business News: Arguments for appealing rules to begin Jan. 12 The Federal Communication Commission's controversial media ownership rules will get their day in court. The new regs governing the number of media entities one company can own have generated a storm of criticism from the public and in Congress since they were issued June 2. |
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MGM dives under the 'Covers' (Oct 17 2003 05:21 GMT) - Film News: 'Match' producer, 'Becker' helmer team up MGM has acquired romantic comedy spec "Between the Covers," from writers Robin Schiff and Ken Levine, for Arthur Sarkissian Prods. |
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Vroman suspended after new charges (Oct 17 2003 05:20 GMT) - (US) Vroman was already suspended because of a May 24 incident in Spirit Lake where he was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(95%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $use_is_abuse(95%), $propaganda_theme4(95%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $drug_law(80%), $cannabis(100%), $alcohol(100%), $paraphernalia(100%), $various_drugs(90%)] |
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FOR PART IN DRUG SMUGGLING (Oct 17 2003 05:20 GMT) - (US) An East Texas woman who admitted to smuggling large amounts of marijuana across the state for relatives was sentenced Thursday to a year in federal prison - a penalty considered lenient because of her chronic physical and mental illness.[$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(70%), $propaganda_theme2(70%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $cannabis(100%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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Smashing Performance with OProfile (Oct 17 2003 05:20 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - 17 Oct 2003: Analyzing the performance of the Linux operating system and application code can be difficult due to unexpected interactions between the hardware and the software, but profiling is one way you can identify such performance problems. This article looks at OProfile, a profiling tool for Linux that will be included in the upcoming stable kernel. |
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