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After last night, my whole entryway knows my favorite color of panties!My resident dean is still calling me “Ralph” two years after that formal!’80s one-hit-wonder Rockwell once sang, “I always feel like somebody’s watching me.” Of course, everyone thinks that’s Michael Jackson’s song—no one’s watching Rockwell. But for those of us with some actual notoriety, the constant vigilance of the public can certainly be a problem...
...sidekick on Late Night (now called Late Show) in 1982, the native Canadian navigated a long, winding path to fame: from playing music in Toronto strip clubs to joining the original Saturday Night Live band and cast in the '70s - and along the way co-composing the Weather Girls' hit "It's Raining Men" and starring in a short-lived sitcom. His memoir, We'll Be Here the Rest of Our Lives, is chock-full of tales from the 59-year-old's show-business days. Shaffer spoke with TIME about being a struggling musician, the perils of late-night...
...tech services sector include Computer Sciences Corp., Informatica Corp., Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Concur Technologies Inc., Teradata Corp., CGI Group Inc. in Montreal, Unisys Corp. and a few firms in Mumbai such as WNS Holdings Ltd. and Patni Computer Systems Ltd. Many of the firms have seen their stocks hit 52-week highs in the past month on takeover speculation...
...fact-checking costs by 50%, Culpepper explains. Which means the publisher has to calculate whether or not getting a book out quickly will drive up sales. In that sense, the decision to expedite Palin's memoir was a slam dunk, since the quick turnaround ensures that the book will hit shelves with just 38 shopping days until Christmas. "It's holiday time, which is the best, best time to sell a book," says HarperCollins' Andreadis. "We're thrilled...
...plus one vote to forestall a runoff. The crisis of legitimacy has been a boon for Taliban propaganda, and the U.S. Administration is debating the value of sending more troops to a country whose government is fraught with corruption and fraud. (Read "Afghan Idol: A Subversive TV Hit...