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This year's Academy Awards telecast can be grateful for at least one thing: it doesn't have to compete against Desperate Housewives. ABC's sexy soap has already beaten the Grammys, the Golden Globes and the People's Choice Awards in the ratings so far this year. And with the Oscarcast dropping steadily in the ratings over the past few years (to a low of 33 million viewers in 2003, though last year it showed a slight uptick) and a lack of big box-office hits among this year's nominees, the stage seems set for another ratings fizzle...
...everyone hates traffic and smog, but few people are willing to give up their cars. In the U.S., as the saying goes, you are what you drive. And a half-century of highway subsidies has only fueled the sense of entitlement. According to a poll on traffic by TIME, ABC News and the Washington Post, only 10% of those surveyed who have access to mass transit actually use it regularly. "There's a stigma to not owning a car," says Kim, the Seattle architect. "People say, 'Hey, you're wearing a nice jacket--can't you afford...
While car sharing is a concept that's catching on fast, old-fashioned carpooling has always faced an uphill grind. In a survey about traffic problems by TIME, ABC News and the Washington Post, 84% of those who drive to work say they still go it alone. More than half of those lone riders insist that carpooling is just too inconvenient, and 18% say they simply don't know anyone to share a ride with...
...major events in DisneyWar are familiar: Eisner's fallings-out with lieutenants Jeffrey Katzenberg and Michael Ovitz, the turbulence at the acquired ABC network. But Stewart gleans fantastic fly-on-the-wall reportage from his inside access, interviews and Eisner's revealing notes and e-mails. Some of these incidents put Iger in a bad light just as the Disney board is considering CEO candidates. At the end of an argument between him and ABC chairman Lloyd Braun, Iger gets so agitated that he accidentally hits a waiter, who spills coffee down Iger's shirt. Not that Iger...
Interestingly, Disney’s recent acquisition of Miramax, the edgier, New York-based production company known for flicks like Kill Bill and Chicago, was downplayed as belonging to ABC, “that part of the company,” while their own brand, Walt Disney films, was glorified as the sanctuary of family entertainment. I wondered how that might relate to the minister’s erection in The Little Mermaid, but I doubted Strategic Planning would answer that question...