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...Last night's starless show underlines how much the awards hoopla, and the Globes as a free, high-rated showcase, mean to the "little" films that get nominations. The HFPA may have lots of stars, and several blockbusters, among their finalists; but like every critics' group it wants to remember the neediest, to reward the little movies that could. Producers of indie films often factor the "Globes bump" into their production and marketing budgets. Exposure on the Globes program puts their product in front of millions of new eyes and can mean millions at the box office...
...tearful confession. Say Pettitte, who is a strong witness since he already copped to McNamee's allegations against him in the Mitchell report, rats out his pal and training partner. None of this would make the Mitchell report "entirely" credible. Just because Mitchell got Clemens right, that doesn't mean he is right about the 70 or so other players who haven't corroborated the claims against them...
What are your thoughts on where Federer stands among the all-time greats of the game? Well, he's one of them already. But I don't know that anyone can wear the title of "best ever." I mean, [Andre] Agassi and [Pete] Sampras played some unbelievable matches. The most you can say is, "I was the best in my era." Roger can say that...
Just because two things go hand in hand, though, doesn't mean that one is causing the other. Nalini Ambady, a Tufts professor and the study's other author, explains: "What's not clear is whether people pick CEOs because they look a certain way, or if people look a certain way once they become CEOs...
...This does not mean Hillary can never be seen with her husband, or talk about any of her experiences as First Lady. But her campaign is making a fundamental mistake by deliberately invoking this past as the best rationale for a brighter American future. With Barack Obama winning independents and young voters with a call for a united America, with Republican candidates now all calling for a change from the status quo in Washington, Hillary found herself stuck in a losing argument. Her initial reactions only made it worse. She chastised voters for failing to be "realistic," for not understanding...