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...next two films are Paycheck, an action movie co-starring Ben Affleck, and Accidental Husband, a romantic comedy with Brendan Fraser. Unless you watch a lot of Pax, neither could be considered remotely unconventional, but Thurman says she has come to terms with doing leading-lady work in formula studio movies. "There are times when there's nothing more fun," she says. "It's like being asked to come and ice a cake for somebody." But she clearly views Kill Bill as the achievement she intended it to be. "I am really so happy with it," she says...
...formula is basic, the logic elementary...
...mogul has made a habit of replacing successful bosses within his vast $17.5 billion News Corp. empire (which owns 35.4% of BSkyB). But even if it's in character, Ball's removal, if true, raises serious questions. After all, BSkyB wasn't falling, so why mess with a winning formula? Or is Ball leaving of his own accord? Does he have a better offer? Is James Murdoch best qualified to run one of Europe's largest public media companies? And does the potential shake-up mean that BSkyB's best days are behind it? One thing is certain: 47-year...
According to the U.S. News website, the rankings are based on weighted “indicators of academic excellence,” such as faculty and financial resources; the numbers are then plugged into a formula that produces a raw score from which the rankings are created...
...News makes changes to their formula from year-to-year. This year U.S. News made a significant alteration, dropping admissions yield, the percent of all accepted students who choose to attend a college, from the calculation. Folkers said this was done after meetings with university representatives revealed that some schools relied on early decision programs to help manipulate their yield in order to improve their rankings. Previously, yield made up 1.5 percent of a school’s total rank index score...