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...LAURA LINNEY...
...Laura Linney has been down this road before. It was 1998, and The Truman Show was being heaped with critical praise. By the time Oscar season rolled around, however, the film had lost much of its heat. Truman received a handful of nominations, but Linney was denied a nod for her creepy, hilarious turn as Jim Carrey's wife, an overly cheerful actress who periodically turns to hidden cameras in their home to plug household products, and the film itself was absent from the Best Picture category. "You call something the movie of the decade and you're asking...
After a couple of days wandering the show, and incidents like this, you don't know whether to laugh or cry. You encounter folks such as Carole Lieberman, self-styled "Media Psychiatrist." Clearly aiming at the Dr. Laura market, she is touting several "reality" programs, including "Dr. Carole's Couch" in which "you're a fly on the wall watching real therapy." She proudly announces that her patients include "faces from the hit television shows 'Survivor,' 'Big Brother' and 'Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire?'" It's a relief to know that people from reality shows can have a soft...
...parties. Indeed we weren't there because of political ties but because this mingling of friends and the presidency was too improbable to ignore. In time the President and his wife appeared on the bandstand. He made a few jaunty remarks and clowned a bit as he danced with Laura. In a few moments they were gone. After a while, there wasn't much left to do but pick up our commemorative champagne flutes and walk through snow and sleet back to our hotel...
...allowance of 40 hours of paid time off each year for community service helped sell Laura Wagner on joining outdoor- footwear manufacturer Timberland two years ago. Wagner, 27, a customer-service representative, has cleared trails in state parks around the company's Stratham, N.H., headquarters and picked up litter on the beach in her neighborhood in Ogunquit, Maine, all on company time. This perk, which was first offered in 1992, is promoted at job fairs and on the company's website, says Ken Freitas, vice president of marketing for social enterprise. According to Freitas, 90% of those being considered...