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...look as if he is an effortless movie star, but he has actually given the job a lot of thought. He's not manipulative, but he is calculating, following the rules he learned from his family. When his aunt Rosemary Clooney went from being on the cover of this magazine to seeing her fame burst because musical tastes changed, she battled depression and took pills for much of her life. He knows random luck will eventually take fame away, just as random luck made him a star. If NBC had put ER on Fridays instead of Thursdays, I might have...
...When cameras cover massive police operations during municipal campaigning, I indeed think it's a manner of influencing opinion, [and] of wanting to create fear," Royal told France Inter radio following the sweeps. If so, it wasn't the first time police and media activities in France's troubled housing projects were apparently used for political communication. In the autumn of, 2006, for example, units of over 100 riot cops staged raids in two troubled suburbs west of Paris with scores of journalists in tow - in both cases making few arrests, with no charges ultimately filed. At the time, Sarkozy...
...cover of British Sea Power’s third album boldly inquires, “Do You Like Rock Music?” It’s an awful album title, but frankly it’s a good question for Americans to consider. With the rise of hip-hop and dance-pop, rock and roll’s popularity in the United States is tremendously low when compared to Europe. Sure, there was talk of a “rock revival” around the turn of the millennium, but most of the bands hyped during that movement have...
...rock group “Broken Social Scene,” took time off from the band to make his latest release—perhaps he should have stuck with them. At first glance, the CD immediately gives off the impression of an artist way too into himself. The cover is a close-up of Collett’s face: he’s looking away from the camera while he strokes his scruff-laden chin. Collet’s visage is meant to look pensive, but instead he simply looks ridiculous. Despite the cover, the album starts off pleasantly...
...Blackberry.But his youthful demeanor belies his accomplished resume: an editor of the Harvard Law Review, an associate counsel on the Oliver North/Iran-Contra trial, and a former Assistant U.S. Attorney—all by age 32.At that point, in 1993, Toobin left the practice of law to cover legal affairs for The New Yorker, and a year later, he shot to notoriety when he revealed the O.J. Simpson defense team’s plan to play “the race card.” He joined ABC News as its senior legal commentator in 1996, and moved...