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...stories about him are true, was quite the ladies' man. The reason for the request is secret, but the episode has the capital twittering with gossip about espionage and sex. It's also a reminder of the Cold- War days when John Symonds, the kgb's so-called "Romeo agent," visited the country. "I did a lot of damage down there in Australia," says the former Scotland Yard detective, contacted by Time at his home in England...
...Agents and directors look for unaffected kids with the gift of not minding being looked at. "I only respond to natural, and then what I do is enhance," says agent Meredith Fine, who represents Haley Joel Osment (an Oscar nominee for The Sixth Sense) and the Breslin siblings Spencer (The Cat in the Hat) and Abigail (Signs). "They have to have some innate ability. It's like, if you're going to take ice-skating lessons, you have to have good balance or you're going...
Parents are a crucial part of the equation, whether for instruction--Boyle would often tell Etel's mom what he needed the next day, and she would prep him--or for comfort. "I don't go home with them at night if they didn't get a job," says agent Fine. "Parents have to be dedicated to taking their kids through that, or it doesn't work...
...wireless features that connect users to the Net, such as Bluetooth, which can serve as a back door to hackers. Celebs aren't the only ones at risk. Before he was caught, Jacobsen was reportedly amusing himself by reading the e-mail of another Sidekick customer: a Secret Service agent assigned to hunt down cybercrooks. --Reported by Sandra Marquez/Los Angeles
...name above the title right next to De Niro's. She took the movie, she told reporters, because she had "never done a psychological thriller before." On Feb. 23 she got a camcorder for her 11th birthday from Spielberg. "I used to say she was 30," says her agent, Cindy Osbrink. "Now, after Hide and Seek, I say she's 105. She gets more mature and thoughtful and expressive...