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Cornell has used a different formula to arrive at their No. 4 New York regional ranking. The Big Red roster features eight seniors, including all-time school assist leader Richard Stimpson...
...play a cabbie in the drama 3 am (co-starring Danny Glover) and a car racer's girlfriend in the movie Redline (with Vin Diesel). She's getting plenty of offers, but she is searching for meaningful roles. "[Screenwriters] keep going at it with the same fantasy formula," she says, "and it affects women because it's the fantasies of these old white men. It's all about satisfying their egos, and I see it through the work. And it's tiring. It makes movies predictable...
...like Adam Carrington on Dynasty, Star went prodigal. He struck out on his own, becoming a critical hit with Sex and the City, which classed up the Spelling formula: lusty stories of beautiful people--this time with brains. Now, in true soap-opera fashion, he has returned with a new series (cue ominous music) that has shaken the Spelling empire to its very foundations...
...issue is the system that determines how much actors are paid for a commercial. Under the current "pay for play" formula, advertisers pay residuals in proportion to the number of times a spot airs on the networks - but not on cable, for which the actor receives a flat rate. That system is outmoded, both sides agree, at a time when more and more advertising dollars are spent on cable. Says Ira Shepard, a lawyer negotiating for the advertisers, "There is no industry in this country, if not the world, that can, in the year 2000, survive on concepts and rules...
...Where the combatants differ is in how to update the formula. The guild hopes to extend residuals to cable and other outlets (no more flat rate). The advertisers want to extend the flat rate to network TV spots (no more residuals...