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...Manuel Miranda: I’m a fan of storytelling, and I’m a fan of lots of different genres of music. I think that one of the things that unfortunately sometimes happens is you get people who only listen to musicals writing musicals and they don’t see what those composers were pulling from. So with “Heights,” I tried to bring in the music I love and use those types of music to tell stories. I’m always compelled by good storytelling, whether it?...
...when we did a feature about the launch of the iPhone three years ago. This time, in anticipation of the iPad's launch, we sent out the English writer, actor and technology geek Stephen Fry to spend some time with Jobs and his team. Fry is an unabashed fan of Apple, but we wanted him to get a sense of both how the Apple team works and Jobs' unique role in that process. Fry spoke to Jobs about his dreams for the iPad - and got some time to play with it. Lev Grossman, our technology writer, looked at the iPad...
...core, he was a huge sports fan. But Chet Simmons, who died March 25 at 81, was also a gifted visionary and leader. He ultimately wanted to do what was right for his fellow fans--the TV viewers of America...
Instrumental in developing Wide World of Sports in the nascent years of ABC Sports, Chet later headed NBC Sports and had a guiding hand in numerous technical innovations, such as the use of instant replay. And, again with the fan in mind and at heart, he hired a Koufax, a Kubek, and several other great sports names as commentators. With two networks behind him, Chet then went to ESPN, becoming the 24-hour sports channel's first president in 1979. "What lies ahead for cable television is incalculable," he said. How right...
...acid test of a movie's popularity is its staying power. Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? fell a precipitous 62.4% from its opening three days - the biggest second-weekend drop since Valentine's fell 70.4%. Perry's fan base is avid but limited; nearly everyone who wants to see his films sees them the instant they hit the theaters. Other movies keep soaring on good word of mouth. How to Train Your Dragon opened two weeks ago at $43.7 million, on the weak side for a DreamWorks 3-D animated feature. But it fell only...