Word: frans
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...media, who are almost universally predicting an upset of the 49ers, a team that's been locked in as the No. 4 seed for a couple of lackluster weeks now. Giants QB Kerry Collins and WR Amani Toomer may not be headed to the Pro Bowl like San Fran's Jeff Garcia and Terrell Owens, but it was only two weeks ago that they went on the road to outshine the Colts' Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison...
...Christmas? The Swiss food behemoth (net profit last year: $4.69 billion) decided to pursue a $6 million claim against the government of Ethiopia for a 27-year-old suit, at a time of year when people are supposed to be focusing on the less fortunate. Company spokesman François Perroud found himself facing irate BBC Radio 4 presenter John Humphrys: "You're going to get this money whether people starve or not." Replied Perroud: "I can't quite understand your hostility." Humphrys: "There are starving people in Ethiopia, that's where the hostility, as you put it, comes from...
...Sunday, he led Green Bay over San Fran on the road in nasty conditions, but the wind and rain couldn’t have caused much concern for the Pack faithful. After all, this guy is 34-0 at Lambeau Field when the temperature dips below 34 degrees. That’s a ridiculously sure thing during the playoffs, if Green Bay can get home field advantage...
...director readily admits that of his three films, Two Towers departs most from Tolkien's work. "We were aware that we were making films for the hard-core Tolkien fan base as well as everyone else," says Jackson, who co-wrote the script with Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh. "In the beginning, it was a difficult tightrope to walk, but then we sort of abandoned thinking about it. If we make a good film, we'll be forgiven, whatever the crimes we commit to the book." Arwen, the beautiful elf played by Liv Tyler, doesn't appear in the book...
Hoping to make use of the newly enhanced facility, he began musing on the idea of a fantasy film. "I thought, Nobody seems to be making those anymore," says Jackson. "Fran kept saying Lord of the Rings was the prototype [for fantasy], and if we can't think of something better, we shouldn't bother. Eventually we came up with the obvious question: What's happening with Lord of the Rings? Why don't we try doing that...