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...there's at least one Thai gourmet who may wish he'd stayed away from street food and stuck with pricier fare. Thailand's recently elected Prime Minister, Samak Sundaravej, boasts a famous palate; before he assumed the P.M. post, Samak hosted his own TV cooking show. But during a trip to neighboring Laos earlier this week, Samak sampled a chili-paste-and-fermented-fish concoction at a local market, and found to his considerable discomfort that the dish disagreed with him. On April 1 - and, no, this was no April Fool's joke - local newspapers put coverage...
...This year, everyone is yapping about how Boston could be a dynasty. Or how the Yanks will fare with a new manager, Joe Girardi, and a new boss, George Steinbrenner's son, Hank, a meddler who may manage to bring back the dysfunctional feel of the old Bronx Zoo. And those poor Mets - will their new ace, Johan Santana, help them rebound from last season's historic collapse? Not to mention all the New York players caught up in the steroid morass, in particular Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, and now A-Rod - whom Jose Canseco said he introduced...
...Minister himself down the line. Some PPP insiders say he may prefer to continue as party leader, wielding power from behind the scenes; others believe Gilani's premiership will be short-lived and that Zardari will take over. Much will depend on how the PPP and its coalition partners fare in the coming months as the new government takes on the difficult job of running one of the world's most dangerous countries...
...Even during The Great Depression, Americans managed to scrape together enough nickels to take in escapist fare like Marx Brothers comedies and monster flicks. Box office grosses rose during five of the last seven economic downturns in the U.S. - including the '70s oil crisis and the burst of the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s. It's not just a ticket price bump that accounts for the extra dough, either - the total number of movies people see in a year tends to rise in recessionary periods...
...Will Smith (Hancock) and Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder). "Whether it's an analgesic or a motion picture, you're putting your money into something familiar," says former studio executive David Weitzner, who teaches at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. This summer's old-is-new fare, like Indy, Steve Carell's Get Smart and the Sex and the City movie should all benefit from the recognition factor. But films with lesser-known pedigrees, like the graphic novel revenge movie Wanted, from Russian director Timur Bekmambetov, will need smart marketing or rave reviews to break through...