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...appeasing the White House. Khan's travel has been restricted, and even inside Pakistan, he is always accompanied by two military officers. He rarely leaves his Islamabad mansion except to venture out to feed wild monkeys that swing down in the nearby forest. Officials in Washington meanwhile cross their fingers that Musharraf can and will make sure that with Khan sealed away, Pakistan's nuclear giveaway is over...
...network, and released to theaters as a movie: Mulholland Dr. ABC's rejection of the David Lynch pilot proved to be Watts' promotion from the back row. Playing a starstruck, recklessly curious blond, she led viewers into thinking they could trust her, then pulled a spectacular double cross. That was the flash moment, at the film's nightmare climax, that revealed the actress's cunning intelligence, her subversive allure. Watts could even seduce viewers into thinking she wasn't seductive...
...Weinstein's brutish antics, Sundance founder Robert Redford's influence over the indie world is portrayed as Zen-like, though the actor's enigmatic, elusive nature keeps him mostly in shadows throughout the book. (Unlike Weinstein, Redford refused to talk to Biskind.) Still, Redford emerges long enough to double-cross his former protege, Steven Soderbergh, whose sex, lies, and videotape was shown in Park City in 1989, by plucking the movie Quiz Show out from under him. Redford sabotages his own efforts to launch a Sundance Cinemas chain by hooking up with a financially unstable partner and generally comes across...
...opponents again on the international scene. But right now, my job is to make him the best that he can be, and I have no qualms about that whatsoever. I want to see him win in everything he does, and if we meet later on, we’ll cross that bridge when we get there. Right now, we’re just really good friends, and it’s a great situation overall for me with the team...
Perhaps the most innovative of GM's new cars is the Malibu Maxx, a cross between a sedan and an SUV. It was designed in part by Saab, as are the Cobalt and the new Pontiac G6 sedan. The Maxx offers excellent ride and handling, rear seats that recline and slide back for added legroom, and a hatchback that opens to a generous-size trunk. Rear-seat passengers even get their own skylight, with adjustable sunshades for each passenger. "The old Malibu was a very average car," says Consumer Reports' David Champion. "We're very impressed with the new model...