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...They come to meetings and are involved in everything, even approving one sheets [movie posters]." Maybe because that's where the star sees his future. "You can't be an actor for too long," Clooney says. "If you're 60, you don't want to be hoping a casting agent likes...
...Defend Freedom'--another British import, about the treatment of detainees at the U.S. naval base in Cuba--have built compelling drama out of real-life interviews and transcripts, while such anti-Bush works as Sam Shepard's new The God of Hell, a caustic parable about a nefarious government agent terrorizing a Wisconsin farm couple, give off the sparks of real political anger. By comparison, the polite, political-science-class dramatics of Democracy seem as outmoded as the Berlin Wall. --By Richard Zoglin
...soft-spoken Yushchenko is very much an International Monetary Fund kind of man, committed to liberalizing the state-run economy. The fact that his wife is American has even led his enemies to accuse him of being a Western agent. The son of teachers from the agricultural corner of northeastern Ukraine, Yushchenko spent the early part of his career as a rural accountant and state banking bureaucrat. But he came to prominence in 1993 as head of Ukraine's new Central Bank, where he oversaw the introduction of the national currency and was credited with steering the country through...
...longest winning streak in game-show history ended last week when California real estate agent NANCY ZERG beat Jeopardy!'s human encyclopedia, KEN JENNINGS. The dethroned champ, who is about to get taxed for taking home $2.5 million in winnings, missed a Final Jeopardy question about H. & R. Block. Zerg, a former actress, didn't have long to celebrate after ending Jennings' 74-game streak. She lost on the next show...
...thought would be better news for the Iraqi electorate, on Tuesday, with his announcement that Ali Hassan al-Majid, a.k.a. "Chemical Ali" for his role directing gas attacks on Kurdish villages during the Iran-Iraq war, would be arraigned next week on war crimes charges. Portraying himself as the agent of justice for the crimes of Saddam's regime may become a central part of the acting prime minister?s appeal to voters - given the escalating security crisis, the power cuts and gasoline shortages and other basic privations facing ordinary Iraqis, the political advantages of incumbency...