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...directorial debut, Showalter also writes and stars as Elliot Sherman a.k.a. The Baxter. A “Baxter” is “the kind of guy you settle with because you can’t be with the one you love.” Elliot Wilbur Sherman is as exciting as toothpaste. The man reads the dictionary...

Author: By Faith O. Imafidon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...true credit to the film is the acting; many of Showalter’s former cast members (David Wain, Michael Ian Black, Elizabeth Banks, and Paul Rudd just to mention a few) of “Wet Hot American Summer” return for “The Baxter.” Michelle Williams has left her “Dawson’s Creek” days far behind, believable as awkward and loveable Cecil Mills. Justin Theroux, bizarre and oh-so-spooky in “Mulholland Drive,” steals several scenes, including a hilarious inversion...

Author: By Faith O. Imafidon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

MICHAEL SHOWALTER wrote, directed and stars in The Baxter, a film about an accountant women date until they meet the One. But this CPA just may get love after tax season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Odd Men In | 8/21/2005 | See Source »

...Billy Baxter has been a winner all his life, but he works at it. A professional gambler and a three-time World Series of Poker champion, Baxter earns enough to afford a $1 million home in Las Vegas. But last week Baxter claimed his sweetest pot of all in a Reno courtroom: a $178,000 refund from the Internal Revenue Service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: Mar. 24, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...case grew out of an earlier IRS ruling that Baxter's $1.2 million gambling winnings for the years 1978 to 1981 were unearned income--in the same category with dividends and interest. Under the tax laws that applied for those years, unearned income was taxable at the maximum rate of 70%. Baxter said the money was earned income, like a salary, which was taxable at a top rate of 50%. In 1984 he filed suit, contending that his winnings were the product of skill and hard work. Last week the U.S. district court in Nevada agreed and ordered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: Mar. 24, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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