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Back in Chicago, Estes carried out Day 111 by the book--but with a few notable exceptions. While his binder called for a bland spelling drill, Estes had the class act out the words. "It does take the first steps for you," he says, "but I still use my creativity to make them want to learn." And, as any good teacher will tell you, there's no script for that...
Critics grumble that Lloyd Webber might homogenize the West End by filling it entirely with his type of catchy but bland popular musical or even with his own works, but he scoffs at those ideas as both impractical and commercially suicidal. The theaters will still present a wide mix of plays, he says, in keeping with his broad-ranging multimedia strategy. "With control of these high-quality drama houses, think about his ability to hammer out alliances with young playwrights who can produce good plays that also have film potential," says Stephen Bannon, managing director of the investment bank...
...through a weekly newsmagazine and watch an evening news program and thereby receive separate, incisive and differing reports on topical subjects. Shortly, you will read TIME, watch CNN and be able to browse AOL's sites. But you will undoubtedly get the feeling you are digesting the same rehashed, bland and insipid "content." The rush to fill Internet bandwidth has dumbed down our media fare. The "new media" have made everything equal to one (and the same). How boring! FRANK KUBICEK New York City...
...Arrow Pub and Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin Robbins duo made famous by Good Will Hunting seem to be doomed to the same fate as The Tasty. Because of the gentrification of Harvard Square and rising rents, these landmarks that added a dash of local flavor to our increasingly bland surroundings might soon be replaced by yet another Starbucks...
...also has to wonder how this will affect the Combs-Lopez romance. Lasting relationships are not usually built on dates that end in gunfire and group arrests. But the arrests shouldn't taint Lopez professionally. Says Variety editor Peter Bart: "So many actors today have such a bland demeanor. A slightly dangerous rep might help, or even enhance, her career." As for Combs, who has proclaimed his innocence, his latest CD, Forever, hasn't sold well, and these new legal hassles only add to his worries. Just last April, Combs was arrested for assaulting a record executive, a matter...