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Service companies insist that things are getting better. Starbucks' problem is a good one--too many customers. A company exec says, apparently sincerely, that the wait for your latte is part of the ambiance, although when the line gets four deep, those customer-focused Gen-Y barista dudes should be hustling to open another register...
...possible actors' strike is forcing A-list stars to set priorities and leaving juicy parts open to hungry newcomers. In the upcoming Phone Booth, Farrell plays a New York exec who answers a public phone and is told he'll be shot if he hangs upa plum role originally intended for Jim Carrey. He was cast in Hart's War after Edward Norton dropped out and jumped onto Spielberg's $60 million sci-fi thriller Minority Report when Matt Damon bailed. Farrell is the first to admit his success is due as much to luck as talent. "If that...
...George W. Bush, saying "we can postpone action no longer," announced his 16-member Social Security panel charged with putting the nation's oldest entitlement on firmer financial footing. Democrats claimed that the panel, to be led by former New York senator Pat Moynihan and AOL Time Warner exec Richard Parsons (corporate overlord of this publication), is a pre-cooked group sure to recommend some version of the partial privatization plan that Bush pushed during his campaign. And they're probably right...
...criminal possession of a weapon. Jay-Z's lawyer stated that his client was not guilty, helpfully adding that "other celebrities have often used armed security guards." Jay-Z's arrest came shortly before he was due to appear in court to face charges that he stabbed a record exec and only weeks after Shyne, protector of P. Diddy, was convicted of assault charges. It's a hard-knock life for those of us packing for business reasons...
People had been bugging Brooks for years to turn The Producers into a musical. But he resisted them all until 1998, when DreamWorks exec David Geffen talked him into giving it a try. "He was a pit bullterrier," says Brooks. "He was on my pants cuff, and I couldn't shake him." It helped that Brooks' movie career was in a slump (his last feature, 1995's Dracula: Dead and Loving It, had flopped) and that Geffen had--"unbeknownst to David Geffen, but knownst to me"--tapped into a longtime dream of Brooks': to write a Broadway score...