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...Hurwitz cast a brilliant group of character actors, such as Tambor (sidekick Hank Kingsley on HBO's Larry Sanders Show), David Cross (of HBO's Mr. Show) as George's fey doctor-turned-actor son-in-law Tobias Fünke and Will Arnett, who steals his every scene as rebellious son Gob (pronounced like the biblical Job), a preening, self-absorbed magician. The most traditional sitcom actor is Bateman (Silver Spoons), whom Hurwitz was reluctant to cast for precisely that reason. "But he came in and gave this dry, confident performance," Hurwitz says. "There aren't many actors who will...
...Socialist Alternative Club Treasurer Hank R. Gonzalez ’06 said that VotePair benefits Democratic voters more than it does third-party voters. “People need to be willing to choose an alternative no matter where they are,” Gonzalez said...
...companies, a controversial type of payment. That's when things started to get nasty. Spitzer says the more he probed, the more Marsh misled and "fed us the same foolishness they've been feeding the public over the years." He felt that Marsh CEO Jeffrey Greenberg, son of Maurice (Hank) Greenberg, the legendary boss of insurance giant American International Group (AIG), was stonewalling him. "I didn't see in their management a desire for reform," Spitzer says...
...Greenberg insurance dynasty will weather Spitzer's latest assault is unclear. Hank and his sons Jeffrey and Evan, CEO of Ace, are widely respected as the first family of insurance. But each now has the rare distinction of heading a firm mentioned in a Spitzer lawsuit. Is Jeffrey really responsible for unethical practices at Marsh? Says Spitzer: "When you have an $800 million stream of income, one has to be either ignorant, lazy or complicit not to examine how this money is being derived." He's clearly ready for another fight. --With reporting by Barbara Kiviat and Jyoti Thottam/New York
...most popular of the films made by the six comics who formed the Monty Python troupe. In a February 2004 online poll, it was even named (no joke) the No. 1 British film of all time. That cult reputation--along with a cast that includes David Hyde Pierce, Hank Azaria and Tim Curry--has already made Spamalot a hot ticket in Chicago, where it will begin a pre-Broadway run in late December. But the show's key to success may be its unlikely director, Mike Nichols. His understated, very American comic sensibility might seem an odd fit with...