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...media events, including the highly-acclaimed "Everest" Omnimax film and Jon Krakauer's best-selling account of a 1996 disaster on the mountain, Into Thin Air. Few of us can get enough of the myth and stories of the often painful reality surrounding the world's tallest mountain. The hype has even extended to the Web, where the site everest.mountainzone.com is sponsoring the expedition and selling "Mallory/Irvine" commemorative t-shirts. It's all a little surreal...
Speakers included Chris Washington of Atlantic Records; Wendy Day, whose Rap Coalition aims to combat the exploitation of urban musicians; and ABC News correspondent Farai Chideya '90, author of "Don't Believe the Hype: CulturalMisinformation about African Americans...
...Buzz In a year when most other studios have been scared off by the guaranteed draw of the Star Wars phenomenon, Wild Wild West (which premieres during July 4 weekend) is banking on movie-going audiences growing tired of all the hype and seeking an alternative. But so far, advanced screenings have yielded a surprisingly unfavorable response (so unfavorable, in fact, that Sonnenfeld is in the midst of reshoots...
...candidates really believe that all this Internet hype will make a significant difference in their campaign, or are they just hedging their bets? While the Internet offers a place for candidates to get issues out more comprehensively than the standard media sound bite does, it is hard to imagine that e-precincts are the same as real precincts, or that a picture of a candidate can replace a firm handshake...
...asked, among other things, about the soaring value of Internet stocks. His comments were so ambiguous that the major newspapers didn't know what to think. Headlines the next morning ranged from "Frenzy for Internet Stocks Gains Backer--Greenspan" (Washington Post) to "Fed Head Warns Against 'Net-Stock Hype" (New York Post) to "Asked About Internet Issues, The Fed Chairman Shrugs" (New York Times). Of course, all the major stock market indexes showed sharp gains that...