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DIED. FREDDIE LAKER, 83, ebullient airline-industry underdog and visionary who in the 1970s pioneered the concept of cheap fares for the masses with his short-lived but much admired Skytrain service; in Hollywood, Fla. Launched in 1978, the London-based service encouraged flyers to cross the Atlantic casually, without even booking a flight. (If a flight was full, passengers simply waited for the next one.) Though his company disbanded in 1982 after bigger airlines slashed their fares, Laker became a hero to entrepreneurs including his fellow Briton Virgin Atlantic CEO Richard Branson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Feb. 20, 2006 | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

...DIED. FREDDIE LAKER, 83, ebullient airline industry underdog and visionary who in the 1970s pioneered the concept of cheap fares for the masses with his short-lived but much admired Skytrain service; in Hollywood, Florida. Launched in 1978, the London-based service encouraged flyers to cross the Atlantic casually, without even booking a flight. Though his company disbanded in 1982 after bigger airlines slashed fares, Laker became a hero to entrepreneurs including his fellow Briton Virgin Atlantic CEO Richard Branson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

...selection consists of everything that the company has the right to share with its Starz and Encore cable channel subscribers - approximately 800 Hollywood movies, plus concerts and other interesting stuff. I was happy to find the dark stylized Sin City already in the lineup, as well as Katsuhiro Otomo's 2005 anime epic Steamboy. Other gems I picked up while browsing: Peter Sellers' The Mouse That Roared, Prince's Sign O' The Times concert and Emma, starring the lovely Gwyneth Paltrow. The diversity of titles was impressive, and the catalog is constantly refreshed and updated - each title has an expiration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starz Vongo Video Download Service | 2/9/2006 | See Source »

...people perceive me in a way that is not exact match for who I am....I am not the person that they experience in the films, except to the extent that...as an actor, I have experience and intelligence to draw upon.” Although his years in Hollywood may have toughened Ford to the pitfalls and traps of fame, the Chicago-born former carpenter still feels like his job is worthwhile. “I’m not that anxious to get into directing,” he admitted. “I’ve developed...

Author: By Vinita M. Alexander, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harrison Ford: No Action For Me | 2/9/2006 | See Source »

...Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” Ayla Brown, who is the daughter of state senator Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, and WCVB-TV newswoman Gail Huff, was told on the show televised yesterday, that she would now be “going to Hollywood.” Multiple fan sites featuring Brown’s pictures and performances are now accessible online. Cindy A. Huff, Adams House dining services staff member and aunt of Brown, said that her niece has always been good at singing. “She sang at the Patriots game...

Author: By Alexandra C. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Idol' Digs HUDS Worker's Niece | 2/8/2006 | See Source »

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