Word: hollywood
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Colicchio hasn't looked at food prices in a long time. "Wow, pasta is more expensive than I thought it was," he says, scanning the shelves of the Ralph's supermarket on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Colicchio, the head judge on Bravo's Top Chef, hires people to buy food for his Craft, CraftSteak and 'wichcraft restaurants across the country. Plus, he's rich...
...timing is right, as movies from M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening to Pixar's Wall-E rap viewers' wasteful ways while selling huge tubs of popcorn. But Planet Green's ecotainment is also a study in what kind of Hollywood activism works and what's just noise pollution...
...more old-fashioned strain of high-minded celebrity daffiness shines through on Hollywood Green, which is basically Access Hollywood edited down to the stars' red-carpet prattling about their hemp wardrobes and chemical-free nurseries. (I have waited in vain for a segment on organic Botox and biodegradable implants.) Justin Timberlake builds an eco-friendly golf course. Host Maria Menounos enlists an "eco-designer" to redo her summer cabana. "Green is beautiful!" she declares. Sure it is, if you have a freaking cabana and a personal decorator...
...social animal, a thrill seeker who wants not just to win but to win with a crowd. Unlike cards or a roulette wheel, well-thrown dice reward most everyone on the rail, yielding a collective yawp that drowns out the slots. It is a game for showmen, Hollywood stars and basketball legends with girls on their arms. It is also a favorite pastime of the presumptive Republican nominee for President, John McCain...
...charge they could come up with to soil my character," says Anwar. "But I don't think the public will be so gullible to believe this accusation. I've had senior politicians tell me that people are angry, that the government has lost all credibility by doing this." Even Hollywood can't predict how this story will...