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Three movies with pop-star leads could give some fizz to the current lackluster release schedule. On Hollywood's calendar, January and February are the Dumpster months; it's where to put films that are not for critics, Academy members or people over 15. Or, in this case of the Britney and Mandy movies, guys. Crossroads and A Walk to Remember are old-fashioned chick flicks: one a gal-bonding movie, the other a love story very much like Love Story. Way back, these were prominent genres, giving juicy roles to a galaxy of female stars. Now women's pictures...
BUSINESS GLOSSARY DUMPSTER DIVING...
Homeless people who scavenge garbage bins for food have for years been said to be "Dumpster diving." But now the term has morphed to describe an unscrupulous business practice: rummaging through a competitor's trash for inside information. It's a low-tech form of corporate espionage that has increased since 1988, when the Supreme Court ruled that once it leaves private property, trash is fair game. Last year Procter & Gamble, whose products include Pantene and Head & Shoulders shampoos, admitted Dumpster diving for information about Anglo-Dutch conglomerate Unilever, makers of Finesse and Helene Curtis. Dumpster diving is also practiced...
DIED. DICK (NIGHT TRAIN) LANE, 73, ferocious NFL defensive back of the '50s and '60s; of a heart attack; in Austin, Texas. The Hall of Famer, abandoned in a Dumpster as a three-month-old and adopted by the woman who found him, had a career 68 interceptions; his record of 14 in a 12-game season as a rookie for the Los Angeles Rams still stands...
...Next to the Dumpster behind Tommy’s: nothing works as a natural aphrodisiac like the aroma of two-day old piss and beer...