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...Kevin Costner as Robin Hood. Modern Hollywood's most likable star playing medieval England's most engaging hero -- this is a parlay that sets moguls dancing. Its ostensibly canny match of star and subject assures that Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves will fill theaters. But will it send moviegoers out enthralled? The message from this cracked crystal ball is: Naaah...
Granted, the picture has the makings. With a series of improbable hits, Costner has proved he can make huge audiences care about dead baseball players and gentle folks who speak Sioux. And the Robin Hood saga is very nearly perfect for movies: a thrilling adventure, a love story, a dream of nobility turned to common good. Robin of Locksley, that ancient and up-to-date people's hero, defends England against Norman predators and robs the rich to give to the poor...
...technology, ideas and creativity often embody most of a company's wealth. That is why innovations are being patented, trademarked and copyrighted in record numbers. It is also why today's clever thief doesn't rob banks, many of which are broke anyway; he makes unauthorized copies of Kevin Costner's latest film, sells bogus Cartier watches and steals the formula for Merck's newest pharmaceutical. That's where the money...
...book, On the Trail of the Assassins. Garrison is considered somewhere near the far-out fringe of conspiracy theorists, but Stone appears to have bought his version virtually wholesale. One need look no further than the actor who will play Garrison: Hollywood's reigning all-American hero Kevin Costner...
...could have been Kevin Costner. It might have been George Will. Some say it should have been Colin Powell or even Madonna. But no. This year's Class Day speaker is Colorado Senator Tim Wirth. Many seniors expressed disappointment that Wirth-who speaks frequently at the Kennedy School--will be joining that other all-too-common speaker Derek Bok in what promises to be one of Harvard's less memorable Commencement weeks...