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...from the Bush presidency to the Middle East. "Ken's arguments, although caricatured, crystallize today's issues," says Banks. "He wants a better world, and it's important to stay idealistic. Besides, art must sometimes be an irritant to stimulate debate." Debate is at the heart of French filmmaker Alain Brigand's latest project, 11'09'01. He asked 11 directors to film self-contained segments lasting precisely 11 min. 9 sec. each plus one frame (a restriction that one participant, Indian director Mira Nair, called "French conceptual bulls__t"). Brigand describes the project - which also includes segments by Sean...
...devastating. "I've got a friend who lost his [third star] two years ago, and he still hasn't got over it," says food critic Périco Légasse. "He's still on tranquilizers in a state of depression." At least he's alive. French chef Alain Zick killed himself after losing a star in 1966. The pressure on top chefs can be intense. After the third star is won, business booms, the phone rings constantly with people trying to get tables, and the work truly begins. "Everything has to be perfect," says Klein. "Sometimes I'm completely...
...growls. "Immigrants who are here illegally and who cheat or commit crime will be expelled. They are costing us money and creating the trouble." With a handful of conservative candidates (including Beaucaire's rightist mayor, Jean-Marie André) and a largely united left behind Socialist incumbent Alain Fabre-Pujol challenging Berthezène, her march to parliament is far from assured. But the troubling allure of Berthezène, Le Pen and their fellow extremists frightens and perplexes many Gardois as much as lurking criminals do. Aware that Le Pen's stunning presidential score required the backing of average...
That doesn't seem to worry EMI chairman and CEO Alain Levy, whose Latin America and Asia divisions are testing the technology. "If some kids who try to do 10 copies for their friends get their computers to crash and hate the record companies, well, too bad," he says. Early results from the field indicate that problems from copy-protected discs are rare. Universal Music says it has seeded 2 million copy-protected CDs (mostly outside the U.S.) among the 500 million it distributed last year and has received only about 200 complaints--a percentage roughly comparable to store returns...
...Deutsche Bank analyst Mark Beilby doubts if any of the five major music companies are willing to invest the time and money needed to create "overnight" sensations. But Munns, who last week was also put in charge of North American operations, says EMI is willing to go that route: "Alain and I have always focused on long-term artist development. In a business that seems so short-term right now, this is not easy to do - but that is our central...