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...Toback as a misogynist are often wrapped up in the copious press on his personal life. A popular gossip magazine in the ’80s called Spy printed a sensationalist chronicle of Toback’s attempted sexual exploits over a short time period. A four-page foldout chart in the magazine detailed whom he hit on and how he worked his magic. His compulsive girl-chasing behavior, his admitted gambling addiction and, above all, his blunt comments about people he dislikes in the industry have made many critics cast off his films on a personal level...
...center of an epic movie battle of another kind: an escalating showdown among Japan's giant electronics manufacturers over the next generation of DVD technology. This fight may not decide the future of humankind, but the stakes are plenty high. The winners may be able to chart the course of the video industry for years to come, dictating the type of technology that goes inside your next home entertainment system while reaping billions of dollars in licensing royalties...
...Governor of Louisiana) and then give some thought to the vagaries of country music. Nashville is perhaps the most protocol-obsessed U.S. city outside of Washington, and McGraw is its smoothest operator. He has sold 30 million albums (his latest, Live Like You Were Dying, entered Billboard's album chart at No. 1) without being excessively cornpone or mindlessly pop. In the process, he has done what his predecessor Garth Brooks could not do: reach an audience outside his genre while remaining well liked within it. "Nashville hates anyone who has ambitions beyond Nashville," says a country record executive. "Shania...
...have lived in Singapore my entire life, and I am sometimes appalled by and ashamed of the actions of fellow drivers. Singapore has its share of aggressive, me-first motorists, yet we have the lowest number of traffic deaths among the major Asian countries, as reflected in the chart with your article. Why is this so? Singapore's small land area allows efficient administration, and its hefty traffic fines and extensive use of cameras to catch speeders act as deterrents to fast driving. An ideal traffic environment, however, is one that relies mainly on the conscientiousness of the drivers...
...download market could grow from €53 million this year to €3.5 billion by 2009. Still, most services are limited to a few big markets like Britain, where the top 20 tracks tallied just over 100,000 downloads in a week, total. (The No. 1 on the traditional chart, Natasha Bedingfield's These Words, sold 41,000 copies.) "There's not much motivation to expand in a rush," says Sony Music Entertainment's Yasushi Ide, who cites ongoing worries about piracy, especially in Asia . "We'd rather grow the market gradually." Which may be the wisest way to avoid...