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...called his new company, appropriately enough, Progressive Networks, and launched his first product, RealAudio, two years ago. Given away for free, it became the de facto standard for sound on the Net and is used by some 10 million people. RealVideo is poised to succeed it. Within a day of its release last week, more than 100,000 copies were downloaded from www.real.com...
...music teacher. The only thing she gave up was her salary. She took on duties equal to the challenges of a ceo. To keep a home running in the corporate style and be responsible for the upbringing of two children are not easy tasks and certainly not "de minimus," as Gary Wendt claims. Had Lorna been compensated for the 31 years of services she performed, she could have built her own fortune. In her next life she should attend Harvard Business School herself. MARY V. KEARNS Ridgewood, New Jersey...
...Hotel de Love--an establishment as cheesy as its linguistically confused name--this is the story of two fraternal twins, Rick (Aden Young) and Stephen (Simon Bossell), who suddenly encounter the object of their long-lost high school obsession, Melissa (Saffron Burrows), at the hotel. A lonely stockbroker, Stephen finally sees a chance to express his love for the girl he never had, while Melissa is desperately trying to rekindle the romance with her bookish fiance. Rick, disillusioned with love, works as the cynical manager of the hotel and finds renewed hope with the arrival of his one-time summer...
While the plot can be a bit predictable and tedious at times, it is salvaged by the spectacle of the circus surrounding it. Perhaps the most valuable supporting role belongs to the hotel itself. Inspired by a Niagara Falls honeymoon hotel, the Hotel de Love features outrageously creative "theme" rooms such as the "Garden of Eden" room, complete with tree, forbidden fruit and serpent, and the "The Grand Finale Passion Suite," modeled after a cricket stadium with astro-turf and recordings of cheering crowds. The rooms nearly steal every scene in which they appear...
Despite its openly sappy ending, Hotel de Love will probably succeed in melting even the most cynical hearts. As writer and director Rosenberg says, "If you're a romantic, I think you'll really love the thing. And even if you're borderline, maybe it'll push you that...