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...weapons bombarding New York City in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow are giant robots. They're also entirely created--as is everything else in this movie except the stars--by computer. And at least one of the stars is too: ace news hen Gwyneth Paltrow and crack pilot Jude Law are real enough, but Laurence Olivier, in his first role since his death in 1989, is a hologram...
...follow-up screen for coronary calcium deposits. That puts them at elevated risk for a heart attack within five years. The study's authors say at-risk patients--such as smokers, diabetics or those with high cholesterol or blood pressure--should get a coronary calcium scan, even if they ace their stress test. --By Sora Song
...Infielder-outfielder Simon Pond started this season with the Blue Jays, and now plays alongside Clapp for the Syracuse SkyChiefs. Lefthander Jeff Francis hasn't reached the bigs yet, but he's the staff ace. He has a deceptive delivery that allows him to hide the ball from batters until almost the moment he releases...
Though not as well-known in baseball circles as Crockett, Birtwell is the former Harvard ace putting up the best numbers in the minor leagues...
...Fisher. "I agonize over this, because I want the score to sound exactly as it did originally." No reclamation project was as daunting as that of "St. Louis Woman," the 1946 Arlen-Johnny Mercer musical revived in 1998. "There was no score," Fisher said, "just scraps of material." Ace orchestrators Ralph Burns and Luther Henderson re-created - and, for the overture and dance numbers, were obliged to create - the musical settings. Topflight actor-singers signed on. And then the inspired rush to turn an old classic into a new one, all in a fortnight...