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...guess is that Apatow recognized this quality in Rudd and didn't know how to build a movie around it. Some of the leads in his movies dwell in a state of barely suppressed panic (Carell, Cera); but most are guys comfortable in their own skin, however flabby or unsightly it may be. I'm not good-looking, the Rogen-Hill-Segel men say, but I can make people laugh. And in a comedy, funny is sexy. Rudd hasn't that gift (as is obvious in the video-game riffing he does with Rogen in Virgin: his younger partner...
...pays for bank presidents to say the most positive things that they can about their firms. They have the benefit of SEC rules that say it is OK to talk about the future as long as there are no guarantees given. In other words, CEOs are allowed to guess without getting into trouble as long as they do not turn their guesses into formal forecasts. In the world of corporate governance it is one of the great "get out of jail free" cards...
...next door neighbor in press row says "I feel like this game's been played in slow motion." I guess I'm the only one enjoying myself...
...minutes ago, FlyBy had still not seen any Winthropians. Typical. We guess this isn't IMs, so why would they be here? Update: Apparently this email went over Winthrop's list around...
...look forward, not back. But this charitable attitude is bound to be tested by Cheney's take-no-prisoners strategy - in addition to defending Bush's record, the ex-Veep also poured scorn on Obama's financial policies. The White House responded with some scorn of its own. "I guess Rush Limbaugh was busy, so they trotted out the next most popular member of the Republican cabal," Robert Gibbs, Obama's press secretary, said at his daily briefing on Monday...