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'Pan' flies into preem (Dec 11 2003 06:22 GMT) - VPage: Pirates, fairies join pic's Blighty bow "Peter Pan" sailed into its world premiere Tuesday night in London, the city where author J.M. Barrie set his tale and where it was first performed on stage in December 1904. |
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Down from the 'Mountain' (Dec 11 2003 06:22 GMT) - VPage: Pic's actors join musicians for benefit Thesps Nicole Kidman and Jude Law were joined by musicians Sting, Alison Krauss and Jack White to give voice to "Cold Mountain" in an evening of dramatic readings and period-inspired music at UCLA's Royce Hall Monday. |
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Bridges built for the Dude (Dec 11 2003 06:22 GMT) - VPage: Event fetes thesp-photographer, his work Jeff Bridges was celebrated as a man both in front of and behind the camera at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater Monday night. Event toasted Bridges' recent photo book and Oscar hopeful "Seabiscuit." |
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Pic's 'Gotta' have romance (Dec 11 2003 06:22 GMT) - VPage: Evans offers dating-as-market-research philosophy No less a romance expert than Robert Evans said he was in complete agreement with the older-men-should-date-older-wo theme of "Something's Gotta Give." |
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Soiree toasts 'Dangerous' lit (Dec 11 2003 06:22 GMT) - VPage: Bart book bash brings in eclectic guest mix In the midst of awards season, the honor for the most eclectic mix of the year goes to Monday night's Bel-Air Hotel fete for Peter Bart's book "Dangerous Company." |
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WB's high on spy guys with 'Syriana' (Dec 11 2003 06:22 GMT) - Film News: Gaghan, Clooney on political thriller project Warner Bros. and Section Eight are fast-tracking "Syriana," a script by Stephen Gaghan that the "Traffic" scribe will direct. George Clooney is expected to star. |
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'Clandestine' noir for TNT, 'CSI' guy (Dec 11 2003 06:22 GMT) - TV News: Petersen to headline, exec produce cop drama High Horse Films, the production shingle of "CSI" star and co-exec producer William Petersen, has pacted with TNT to develop an original movie based on the James Ellroy bestseller "Clandestine." |
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SoapNet in lather over 'Days' (Dec 11 2003 06:22 GMT) - TV News: Cabler contracts for non-ABC produced drama The sands of the hourglass will soon begin flowing on SoapNet. In a landmark multiyear deal, the sudser web has pacted with Sony Pictures Television for same-day repurposing rights to NBC's top-rated "Days of Our Lives." |
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Music & movie man Neil (Dec 11 2003 06:22 GMT) - Film News: Young tour to combine concerts, pic Having toured the U.S. during the summer with his band and stage play and fall film festivals with his pic "Greendale," Neil Young is again hitting the road -- this time with his band Crazy Horse and his movie. |
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'Father' finds favor at New Line (Dec 11 2003 06:22 GMT) - Film News: Brosnan, Moore to star in Howitt-helmed pic New Line Cinema has acquired the pitch "Father Knows Less," a contempo comedy about American fatherhood by Aline Brosh McKenna. Scribe most recently penned "Laws of Attraction" for the studio. |
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'Batman' bags a baddie (Dec 11 2003 06:22 GMT) - Film News: Irishman Murphy lands gig in pic slated for 2005 release Batman's next adversaries are starting to line up. "28 Days Later" star Cillian Murphy has landed the role of one of the Caped Crusader's villains in the fifth installment of Warner Bros.' "Batman" franchise. |
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E! slice of reality (Dec 11 2003 06:22 GMT) - TV News: Net orders pilot for plastic surgery skein E! Networks has ordered a series pilot for an unscripted series chronicling the day-to-day business of a Beverly Hills-based plastic surgeon. |
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The Story (Dec 11 2003 06:22 GMT) - Legit Reviews: Slick, smart and engrossing, new play by Tracey Scott Wilson crackles along briskly before running aground in the final minutes, when it seems to run out of story. Drawing on various real-life tales of urban crime, ethics and racial politics in the newsroom, Wilson has done a clever cut-and-paste job that results in a surprisingly fresh and pointed play. |
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'Chris Isaak' returns in Jan. (Dec 11 2003 06:22 GMT) - TV News: Guest stars include Branch, McKnight, Estefan Showtime's critically acclaimed "The Chris Isaak Show" returns for its third and final season in January. Pay cabler has 13 episodes in the can for "Isaak," which will air Thursdays at 10 p.m. beginning Jan. |
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TV agent Seidel to Endeavor (Dec 11 2003 06:22 GMT) - Business News: Number of clients following to company unclear TV agent Scott Seidel has a new home, jumping to Endeavor from ICM. Seidel will serve in Endeavor's television department. He had been with ICM since 1998, working in the tenpercentary's TV literature and packaging departments. |
Advanced Combo Tricks
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Goodyear Reveals More Accounting Woes (Dec 11 2003 06:20 GMT) - Detod: Goodyear Reveals More Accounting Woes Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is probing possible improper accounting issues in its Europe operations, the second time in as many months the world's largest tire maker has jolted investors with news of faulty accounting. The issue will delay until next year a Goodyear financial report to the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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Iraqi war crimes tribunal created (Dec 11 2003 06:20 GMT) - Iraq’s Governing Council formally established a war crimes tribunal Wednesday to try top members of Saddam Hussein’s government, and said the court could try Saddam in absentia. |
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Sake it to me (Dec 11 2003 06:20 GMT) - United Airlines serves up cheap roundtrip fares to Tokyo, from $480 per person |
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Hawaii 5-Oh my! (Dec 11 2003 06:20 GMT) - $414 roundtrip from NYC to Honolulu, and a case for why it pays to double-check your travel info |
WebLogs @ DotNetJunkies.com
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Exam 70-316 (Dec 11 2003 06:20 GMT) - I passed exam 70-316 (windows forms with C# and VS.NET) today with a score of 929. When I told my mate Darren that I was doing that exam his reaction was “Windows Forms...you may as well be doing an exam on VB4”. |
Shut Up, Brain!
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Not a Who-am-I quiz (Dec 11 2003 06:19 GMT) - if you want to be possessive, it's just 'ITS,' but if it's supposed to be a contraction it's IT-apostrophe-S. scalawag |
JoeWorld
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Siege-Engine.com (Dec 11 2003 06:18 GMT) - Siege-Engine.com follows the exploits of a bunch of people who build siege engines and attempt to hurl anything they can as far as they can. You can buy a siege-engine from them or merely a video of some of their best moments, such as hurling a pumpkin 290 feet. Evidently, there are competitions where they gather with other like minded siege-engineers to see who can throw things the farthest. They document all of their engines with pictures and commentary on how they built them and what they were attempting to accomplish or perfect in each one.... |
Seinfeld Blog
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underwater escape episode? (Dec 11 2003 06:18 GMT) - In what episode does George go to see a movie w/ Susan, and he runs into Jerry afterward, and Jerry is talking to somebody about the movie movie he saw, and he says, "And what about that underwater escape!"... |
Bottled Voices
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ring updates and a test (Dec 11 2003 06:18 GMT) - I am going through right now and checking the queue and ring for all the rings I run. I am closing them all to new members for the time being. I've got the feeling I'm going to be very busy... |
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The Second Tech Boom (Dec 11 2003 06:17 GMT) - David Kirkpatrick (Fortune) takes a look at the emerging, new economy - one where technology is embedded in all that we do, and efficiency and productivity are the norm rather than the exception. No manufacturing company of consequence operates without a sophisticated enterprise resource planning software infrastructure, whether from SAP or another supplier. Increasingly these systems are linked with sophisticated supply chain and finance automation so companies know where things sit in their pipeline, how much inventory they have, and how much it all is costing them. Ordering over the Internet has become routine. This is as true for manufacturing giants as it is for consumers. |
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