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...pioneered, involving alcohol, heroin, homosexuality, a celebrated obscenity trial in Boston and, in 1951, his accidental killing of his wife while shooting a glass off the top of her head. In his last years, he became a recurring pop icon, with cameos in movies and even a Nike ad...
...boss likes his staff settled down and therefore a little desperate: you know, mortgage, car and tuition payments, maybe a few bills from the orthodontist. When obligations exceed income, the folks at his ad agency work harder and more loyally. That's his theory, anyway, and Kate (Jennifer Aniston) doesn't fit it. She's single and living within an income that does not match her talent. A friend suggests she invent a fiance to get a raise based on this spurious evidence of stability. A wedding videographer named Nick (Jay Mohr) agrees to go along with the gag, hoping...
Message to the Macintosh faithful: cuddle up with your PowerBook and see the story that inspired the ad: 1984. Starring John Hurt, Richard Burton and a ravishing (and oft-ravished) Suzanna Hamilton as Julia, it's surely what was on Bill Gates' mind when he pulled that Wizard of OS routine at MacWorld, looming disembodied over the crowd while Steve Jobs said the words: Microsoft is our ally. Microsoft has always been our ally. Apple is at war with Netscape. Apple has always been at war with Netscape. The utterance may have drawn a few boos from the crowd...
...uses regular N.B.A. staff members--not when Liberty (or Sting or Mercury) merchandise flies off the shelves and sports sections devote considerably more space to the summer league than they did to the A.B.L. Even Cavalli is sanguine about the promo power of the W.N.B.A. "When they ran those ads in May and June," he says, "I was getting one or two calls a week from people saying, 'Gee, I saw your ad on TV the other night. Looks really great.' I said, 'Thank you. We spent a lot of money on that...
...signifies Riverdance ad is about to appear...