Word: hollywoodism
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...days before Sept. 11, Atta received at least two wire transfers of money from a man investigators have linked with bin Laden. But the last days weren't all business. On Sept. 7, Atta, Al-Shehhi and another man visited Shuckum's Oyster Bar and Grill in Hollywood, Fla. Contrary to earlier reports of his carousing, Atta was the only one of the three who didn't drink alcohol. Instead, he downed cranberry juice all night, sugary fuel for the pinball machine--Golden Tee '97--that he played for 3 1/2 hours...
...great details can also, on occasion, be quite funny. Clinton immediately denied his relationship with “that woman, Miss Lewinsky,” Halberstam relates, using that phrase “not so much to distance himself from her, he later confided to his Hollywood producer friend Harry Thomason, but because he had momentarily forgotten her first name...
...Leelee is potentially a very good dramatic actress and given the right opportunities she will have a long career ahead of her.” But one with her ambition, intelligence and level-headedness will most likely have a long career ahead of her regardless of her success in Hollywood...
...appropriate” because in getting open for that shot, you pushed Utah’s Bryon Russell at the top of the key and the refs missed it. But again, you’ve fooled most of us, and you can forever sit on your little Hollywood ending...
...than you might think. Some have predicted a return to light escapism. Video-rental stores reported a spike in comedy rentals. MGM expanded the comedy Legally Blonde onto 1,300 screens after movie houses began pleading for feel-good fare. But rentals of action movies were also up, despite Hollywood's breast beating over violence. If there's one thing those bloody blockbusters leave you with, after all, it's a lot of dead bad guys...