Word: broadcast
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Robert Altman is getting ready to shoot the climactic production number of his new movie, tentatively titled The Last Broadcast. On the stage of the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn., technicians and musicians jostle with actors decked out for such roles as a radio host, a country-music singer, a rope-twirling cowboy, a 1940s-era private eye and the Angel of Death. "O.K.," Altman booms, "let's see what we can do with this ... this mess. I'm just going to sit here and watch." Before the cameras roll, he adds, not entirely jokingly, "Everybody fend for themselves...
...sentiment and gentle satire and make it moodier and darker. Not so, says Keillor. "I made it darker, by introducing the conceit of the last show." In the movie, the show has been sold to a conglomerate, whose axman (Tommy Lee Jones) arrives at the end of the broadcast to shut it down. No wonder the Angel of Death (Virginia Madsen) is gliding through the theater's wings...
...impressive as it is comprehensive, competing with and sometimes bettering the coalition's endeavors. Businesses, front companies, religious groups, NGOs and aid for schools and universities are all part of the mix. Just as Washington backs Iraqi news outlets like al-Hurra television station, Tehran has funded broadcast and print outlets in Iraq. A 2003 Supreme National Security Council memo, smuggled out of Iran, suggests even the Iranian Red Crescent society, akin to the Red Cross, has coordinated its activities through the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The memo instructs officials that "the immediate needs of the Iraqi people should...
...broadcast schedule will be finalized in phases so as to include the games that are most relevant, depending on current league standings...
Sirius will also broadcast an as-yet unspecified number of men’s hockey games and other Ivy sports events...