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...going to see some pretty amazing things from this team over the next few weeks--[from both] men and women," Ghosh promised. "This is just the beginning, [and] we have even more potential to exploit...
...phenomenon: the gross, aggressive, self-mutilating young-male mode of rebellion du jour that is crashing its shopping cart head on into the mainstream. Jackass is the most successful cable launch of the season. Gross-out comedy rules at the movie box office and online, where Web animators exploit the Internet's seemingly limitless tolerance for vomit and poop jokes (for instance, at Doodie.com) This weekend NBC and UPN start airing the XFL, a football league created by the World Wrestling Federation's Vince McMahon and designed for ultraviolence (fair catches aren't allowed, but roughing the passer...
...generations, land-owning toffs have used foxhunting as a means to socialize among their peers and look down (literally) on the peasants below. Banning foxhunting has therefore been a dream of English class warriors for years. It taps deep veins of resentment that Blair is keen to exploit as he gears up for a spring election. Like the New Democrats, New Labourites are worried that their co-opting of many conservative themes has offered their constituency very little enticement. Sure, Blair has an easy lead in the polls, but that could vanish if turnout is low, since the Tory base...
Often, that is what he plays; Hollywood has been slow to exploit Del Toro's sultry good looks. His one leading-man role was in the instantly forgettable--what was it called? oh, yes--Excess Baggage, which cooled off Alicia Silverstone's career in no time flat. Mostly he has ornamented indie films (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Funeral, Way of the Gun) with his loping unpredictability; he built a solidly quirky rep, like Nicolas Cage before he went dolefully mainstream...
Irwin's way-wild kingdom is leagues removed from the traditional approach of National Geographic, which launched its own cable channel in 10 million homes this month. The National Geographic Channel, a partnership with Fox Cable Networks, will exploit the group's brand and extensive, 35-year-old library of footage. It will also present new programs like the news show National Geographic Today, which will focus on nature, science and conservation, in hopes of providing a harder-core, more adult-focused alternative. Programming executive vice president Andrew Wilk points to the contrast between A.P.'s hosts and Geographic...