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It’s rather brilliant, actually. Just when most freshmen have resigned themselves to spending Valentine’s Day with a pint of Chunky Monkey and “Sex and the City” DVDs, personally addressed Valentines arrive in their mailboxes. Excited by the prospect of a secret admirer, they open the cards—only to discover that they were taken in by an advertising gimmick...
FREE SHOWS As the film is being shown at community centers across the U.S., organizations like Share the Truth are raising money to distribute free DVDs...
...more appropriate appellation: Agent Weirdo. Why? This is a guy who at halftime of one game took a shower--fully uniformed--to cool down. He tickles the underarm of a teammate before tip-off for good luck. His addictions are many and, Arenas admits, "pointless," including bad DVDs, vintage jerseys and his latest, crappy basketballs. Arenas is collecting the synthetic balls the NBA unveiled and dumped this season after players complained about cutting their fingers on them. "I hope he never goes to a party where there's cocaine dust in the air," says Drew Cleary, the strength and conditioning...
...roasted duck jaws. Samsung reopened its operation here in 2004, but it is going native. Shoppers in China's west, says Ko You Chan, Samsung's managing director for the western districts, usually expect a small gift when they make a major purchase. So Samsung liberally doles out free DVDs and other goodies. Result: sales of Samsung consumer electronics were up 50% in the region in 2006. The lesson, says Ko, is that "it's not easy to control everything from Beijing...
...sort-of compromise: the film can be shown only a few times a year, and Frank himself decides where and when, so that he may be present to ensure the screening meets his approval. In the age of YouTube (on whose servers several choice moments reside), ubiquitous, low-priced DVDs and Video-on-Demand, a film that is only permitted to be seen a limited times per year in one city in its director's presence is nearly inconceivable...