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...brother of the president, a member of the nation's reigning Republican political dynasty; the other is a movie star who married into the nation's most enduring Democratic political dynasty. Between them, they govern two of the biggest states in the country. But while Florida's Jeb Bush and California's Arnold Schwarzenegger certainly have the highest profiles of any state leaders in the U.S., neither has been able to translate that celebrity into full-blown success. In fact, each has learned the hard way that star power doesn't help nearly as much after an election as before...
...Walter (Josh Hutcherson) are left home alone under the unwatchful eye of a bratty older sister, while their single-dad father (Tim Robbins) goes to his office. As any normal fourth grader (with a girlfriend!), Walter is not jumping at the chance to spend quality time with his younger brother. When Danny finds a dilapidated board came called Zathura: A Space Adventure, his older brother is more inclined to watch Sports Center. By turning a key and pressing “Go,” Danny starts the game and two space ships move along the board. Like...
...Born in Taiwan, Ho was raised by a mother who shamed her family by taking a job as an insurance agent while Ho's father attended school. Hauling Ho and her brother on a moped to make sales calls, Ho's mother became the top agent-but quit her career to join her husband in Chicago. She encouraged her gifted daughter but chided her never to boast of her accomplishments. Ho entered the corporate world an unwitting embodiment of stereotypical Asian female behavior-"diminutive, submissive, that whole geisha thing you get tagged with...
Amid the chaos and crowds of Coney Island, Ed Zander learned an early lesson in the value of hustle and patience. The son of a furrier in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Zander loved the Parachute Jump, the Silver Streak and, of course, the Cyclone. After school he and his brother would stand at the exit to Steeplechase Park for hours and charm people out of unused ride tickets, hoarding them in a rented locker. "We had, like, 3,000 free rides," Zander says. By summertime, they could spend all day in the park without ever buying a ticket...
...friend the Snake claims that this is not entirely true, based on the fact that he was once banned from the George Washington University campus for an entire year after being caught stealing a sign on camera. Watch out for Big Brother...