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...film industry, April is the cruelest month, a late Lent before the big "summer" film feast begins in early May. (This year's Maytime blockbuster hopefuls: Wolverine, Star Trek, Angels & Demons, Terminator Salvation and Night at the Museum; and those are just the major sequels, prequels and remakes.) The last weekend in April is a kind of movie doggie day care, where Hollywood stashes its unwanted mutts until they can be unleashed on DVD. Given the low-rent release date of Obsessed, and Sony Screen Gems' refusal to screen it for critics, industry analysts predicted an opening weekend...
...prestige drama debut, the true-life male weepie The Soloist, which grossed $9.7 million. Retelling the story (already aired on 60 Minutes) of a homeless, schizophrenic cellist befriended by a Los Angeles Times columnist, it's the sort of serioso uplifter that usually gets released in December and garners major awards. Its stars have been in aisle seats on Oscar Night: Jamie Foxx as the musician, Robert Downey, Jr., as the newspaperman. But The Soloist was pulled from a late-year release, to be dumped in the no-man's-land of late April. And though the film nabbed respectful...
...Cato Institute in early April, Greenwald contended that a major problem with most American drug policy debate is that it's based on "speculation and fear mongering," rather than empirical evidence on the effects of more lenient drug policies. In Portugal, the effect was to neutralize what had become the country's number one public health problem, he says...
...site offers much more than major discounts - typically 30% to 70% off - on designer apparel, shoes, handbags, jewelry, sunglasses and other accessories from seasons past. For example, a $1,455 Rick Owens draped silk dress is marked down 40% on the site to $875, while a pair of Chloé patent leather sandals is 50% off, at $298. And there are similar bargains on offer from more than 200 brands ranging from 3.1 Phillip Lim to Burberry and Alexander McQueen...
...Still, the backcountry dilemma persists. Its latest poster boys, the Grouse Mountain rope-duckers, did return home safely, with some observers questioning whether these elite skiers actually needed any help in the first place. Nevertheless, the quartet also had their names circulated to all of the major resorts in Western Canada, and will have to pay an undisclosed amount for their rescue. Still, both the resort and North Shore Search and Rescue, a volunteer organization that helped in the operation, have been careful in crafting their response, wary of dissuading anyone in danger from seeking help in the future. Grouse...