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...facts, as Bennett sees them, support Mills' version of the romance, in which she says she helped rehabilitate a broken and importunate McCartney, mourning his late wife Linda. (For example, the formality with which the ex-Beatle loaned Mills money, the judge wrote, belied a seamless emotional bond). He also wrote: "The wife for her part must have felt rather swept off her feet by a man as famous as the husband. I think this may well have warped her perception leading her to indulge in make-believe. The objective facts simply do not support her case...
...time when Jason Bourne and James Bond are worshiped like cinema kings, when quick cuts and chase scenes are box office gold, Minghella's films seem to come from a bygone era. The lingering shots; the scenes that measure out in minutes, not seconds; the dialogue where silence says as much as words - his motto could have been "Just Because Nothing Happens Doesn't Mean Nothing Is Happening." Watching a Minghella film takes patience, but it can be a rewarding wait. "He was not a stylist as a director," David Puttnam, a British film producer and friend of Minghella...
...Andy Warhol's work continues to set art-auction records and the mystique surrounding his life grows, naturally just about everyone is clamoring for a piece of the pop-art icon's legacy. Bond No. 9's latest collectible eau de parfum, Andy Warhol Union Square, is a new way to take part in Warhol mania. Drawing inspiration from Warhol's years working at the Factory, as well as from his prolific Flowers screenprints, the fragrance is a daring mix of sweet and sensual notes from lily of the valley, blue freesia and golden amber. Warhol's energetic Flowers come...
...Monoline bond insurance companies, such as MBIA and Ambac Financial Group Inc., have been hit the hardest as they scramble to raise capital to cover possible defaults and to stave off a downgrade from the ratings agencies. It was this group's foray out of its traditional municipal bonds and into mortgage-backed securities that caused the turmoil. A rating downgrade of the monoline companies could be devastating for banks and others who bought insurance protection from them to cover their corporate bond exposure...
...meltdown in the CDS market has potentially even wider ramifications nationwide than the subprime crisis. If bond insurance disappears or becomes too costly, lenders will become even more cautious about making loans, and this could impact everyone from mortgage-seekers to municipalities that need money to fix roads and build schools. "We're seeing players in all of those spaces being more circumspect about whose credit they're going to guarantee and what exactly the credit obligation is," said Ellen Marshall, partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips...