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...seen as a win or a loss. Katzenberg, paraphrasing Geffen's definition of a fair settlement, told TIME, "I'm disappointed that I didn't get what I thought I should, and they must be disappointed they paid more than they thought they should." Eisner accentuated the positive: "I'm satisfied this is behind us. Jeffrey deserved something because he was very much a part of the Disney renaissance. And in the end he's probably getting less profit participation than some of today's stars and directors...
...when a Florida jury found them liable for misleading smokers about the danger and addictiveness of cigarettes. Though the industry has settled big cases brought by several states seeking reimbursement for their costs in caring for victims of smoking-related illnesses, the Florida verdict marks Big Tobacco's first loss to individual citizens in a class action. It could signal even bigger liabilities in the future...
More common is the low-voltage ugliness of parents who just don't know when to let up, or shut up. Hockey parents in suburban Washington are used to such sights as the dad who ran up to his son after an unexpected loss recently to rage at him, "I'm very, very disappointed." The boy sighed, staring at his scuffed toes. "Yeah, Mom's gonna chew...
None of this is to say that Passions is devoid of promise. Indeed, there are flashes of a certain kind of genius in the first episode alone, which has a self-exiled Sheridan Crane (McKenzie Westmore) in France visiting Sacre Coeur every day to mourn the loss of her best friend. That best friend was Princess Diana, who we now learn was on her way to visit Sheridan when she met her ill fate in that Parisian tunnel. The show doesn't make clear why this information never surfaced on Hard Copy...
This is an album about loss: the passing of heroes, the withering of beauty, the end of an age--one song is titled Elegy for William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. Despite the subject, the mood is never dour. Nearly every track has the liquid warmth of a freshly shed tear. This 28-year-old pianist is a wonder at weaving together musical traditions. On his last album, playing in a trio, he performed a moving jazz rendition of a song by the art-rock group Radiohead; on this CD, playing solo, he smoothly merges jazz improvisation with classical piano...