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...philanthropic work is immediately apparent. His commitment to charity is best illustrated by his imminent retirement from day-to-day work at Microsoft so that he can spend more time running his foundation. For their sheer dedication and enthusiasm, Gates and his wife Melinda were recognized with the singer Bono as Time Magazine’s 2005 Persons of the Year...
FUNNY MEN A Class Day retrospective 2000: Conan O’Brien ’85 2001: Bono 2002: Al Franken ’73 2003: Will Ferrell 2004: Sascha Baron Cohen (Ali G) 2005: Tim Russert
...kept busy and lucky: building a succession of hits, dabbling in the higher-IQ type of comedy (Stranger Than Fiction), cameoing in his friends' films, occasionally lending his luster to indies nobody sees. One of these, Winter Passing, grossed all of $101,228. But that's just pro bono work; these small flops don't taint him. The films Ferrell has starred in have grossed $876,885,086 at the North American box office. It'd be a stretch, but Blades of Glory could bring him up to the $1 billion mark...
...just ridden out a hurricane in a trailer park. Instruments, hair and clothing were strewn everywhere. The set list, culled from their debut, Funeral, was full of songs about death played on accordion and mandolin. Later U2's the Edge would create endless spaces between guitar chords, while Bono drove metaphorical trucks through them, but somehow Arcade Fire's patchwork symphonies roared almost as loudly. To hear the bands together was an education in the various ways rock music can be huge...
...Students will be able to put their skills to use in real pro bono cases,” said Lisa P. Dealy, administrative director of clinical and pro bono programs...