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...contrast between the novel and the film can be explained in the difference between the book business and the movie business. Hardcover rights to The Firm sold for $200,000, and just 30,000 copies were printed. Bookselling is by its nature a niche industry: a book doesn’t have to appeal to all demographics—if it hits one target well enough, it can be profitable. Just as Danielle Steele doesn’t have to worry about whether men will like her book, Grisham, who wanted to get out of lawyering and start making money...
Americans who watched the pairs figure-skating finals last Monday learned the outcome of another NBC nail biter during a commercial break: Friends would be back for a ninth season. The matter was resolved after a brief negotiation, in sharp contrast to the acrimony and waffling of two years ago. The promo announcing the show's return aired only hours after the new contracts had been signed, an indication of how much the network relies on the show to carry its prime time. But it is really the FRIENDS who should take a victory lap. Each cast member will earn...
...Larry Wilmore--a sentiment that transcends color. Mac is both thoroughly black and raceless. Its aesthetic perfectly fits its black baby boomer protagonist (the smartly chosen sound track bursts with such soul hits as the Ohio Players' Love Rollercoaster). But like My Wife, Mac rarely mentions race--a sharp contrast to the netlet shows, which load their scripts with in-jokes. And unlike, say, The Jeffersons, the show treats Mac's wealth matter-of-factly, not as a setup for fish-out-of-water jokes (rich black people! imagine!). "Bernie Mac doesn't need to remind us that...
...until midnight and then puts in another day's work at the office until dawn prayers. Though devout, if he's a zealot about anything it's TV news: his office has a bank of 33 television sets so he can monitor all available satellite channels at once. In contrast to more remote royals, Abdullah has become a populist prince, touring the country and even munching burgers in fast-food restaurants. Says Wyche Fowler, American ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1996 to 2001: "His leadership is essential at this particular time in Saudi history...
...case, expansionist in the other. The Jews’ concept of election puts enormous pressure on them to try to live up to the measure of God—a moral outlook that does not tempt many converts, and has made Jews notoriously susceptible to political defeat. By contrast, Islam is a religion that has affirmed itself through conquest. Along with its humanitarian and spiritual teachings, the sword is one of its proudest symbols, and the current effort to increase its numbers, including in America, is part of this drive for universal reach. Is there anything wrong with that? Perhaps...