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...Hollywood witnessed a growing trend toward esoteric movie titles. For film enthusiasts, this proved tricky—one risked sitting through two hours of a movie that was a bit unexpected, to say the least. In most of the following cases, you (and I) were sorely disappointed. 1. “Pineapple Express” Sounds Like: An intense political drama about the United Fruit Company. Actual: Another stoner bromance from Judd Apatow. There’s fruit in Slurpees, right? 2. “Synecdoche, New York” Sounds Like: Er, a movie about every seventh grader?...
...disqualified someone from a city job, Daley replied, "No, I don't think so." Boyle went on to take hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Hired Truck bribes, for which he was eventually convicted. "Everyone else was doing it," he later said. In Illinois, that may be a bit too close to the truth...
...bit of a moralist, an up-by-his-bootstraps Catholic boy with a strong sense of right and wrong. He's like a Bing Crosby movie. He needs to get out more." - David Baugh, a Richmond, Va., defense lawyer (TIME, October...
...dark brown feathered hair, he wore sharply cut suits that some of his admirers said looked pulled out of GQ. He also had his father-in-law's help with strategy, and he became the first Democrat elected governor of Illinois since the 1970s. He also had a bit of luck. His Republican opponent's last name was also Ryan (though Jim Ryan is not related to the disgraced former governor), which helped tar the GOP candidate with the outgoing governor's problems. Even so, Blagojevich won with a relatively narrow 52% of the vote...
...career has come. Arriving at court on Tuesday, Blagojevich entered from a side door, wearing a Nike blue and black running suit and keeping his head low after a quick sweeping look at the crowded gallery. His appearance was rather haggard, his normally brushed bangs a bit unkempt - a striking contrast with his co-defendant, chief of staff John Harris, 46, who was dressed tidily in a suit...