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...sitting out this year, the network says it has sold 90% of its advertising inventory, at a record average price of $2.9 million per 30-second spot. Which means that, in the end, the game will probably continue to be eclipsed by the commerce, if not the parties, built around it. (See pictures of the Giants' stunning Super Bowl victory last year...
...Sean Murphy (197) and Johnny Motley (141) as well as two major decisions exposed a difficult return to the mat for the Crimson. Even 7th-ranked Caputo (19-4) dropped a frustrating bout, watching victory slip away in the waning moments of the third period.Despite his injured shoulder, Caputo built a 2-0 lead through two hard-fought periods before yielding an escape to No. 15 David Craig. Trailing 2-1, the Mountain Hawk junior managed a takedown with eight seconds remaining to upset the Crimson standout and hand Caputo only his fourth loss this year.Even though the team effort...
...Manpreet Singh, a graphics designer based in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh. "The narrative style and the plot are interesting. But if I speak for Indians like me, there's nothing new in it for us. It's saturated with stereotyped images of India. The expectations that had built up [around the film] were bound to make it a letdown." Vikas Swarup, author of Q and A, on which the screenplay is based, says Slumdog might have "fallen by the wayside if it had been made 20 years ago." He says at least part of the film's success...
Vegas, Baby. The Mirage has a package built around Cirque du Soleil's Beatles tribute, "Love." The "All You Need Is Love" package gets you a room and tickets to the show for $318 during the week and $368 during weekends. If you just want to hit the show, the Mirage offers dinner at Stack, a drink at the Revolution lounge and entry to the Jet nightclub, along with tickets, for $150. Through Feb. 28. 3400 South Las Vegas Boulevard; 800-732-8412 to reserve a room; 800-963-9634 for the show alone...
Michael Sheen has been leading a double life. The Welsh actor has built his aboveground rep impersonating glad-handing Brit public figures: Tony Blair in The Deal and The Queen, David Frost in Frost/Nixon. Simultaneously, and subterraneanly, he's also been a wolf-man: Lucian, the half-breed in the Underworld thrillers, whose first two installments, from 2003 and 2006, grossed about $200 million worldwide. It's entirely possible that no single moviegoer has seen both the smooth Sheen and the hairy Sheen - the one in the Savile Row suits and the one who's spent enough time...