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...favorite parlor game in Hollywood. A few days after Cruise was cut loose, the head of a leading agency - one that does not represent the actor or his company - told TIME.com that his agents repeatedly have been frustrated by the inability of lower-level Paramount executives to make even minor decisions, such as okaying story pitches and entering low-dollar scriptwriting agreements, without first getting approval from their bosses. So far, however, insiders say there's no evidence that agents and producers are shying away from doing business there because of the uncertainty and indecision...
...associate major events--a President or princess dying--with major causes," says Patrick Leman, a lecturer in psychology at Royal Holloway University of London, who has conducted studies on conspiracy belief. "If we think big events like a President being assassinated can happen at the hands of a minor individual, that points to the unpredictability and randomness of life and unsettles us." In that sense, the idea that there is a malevolent controlling force orchestrating global events is, in a perverse way, comforting...
...ages are on full display on its latest CD, The Phat Pack (Immergent). The rapidly twisting unison and ensemble lines of Cut 'N Run are like a breakneck drive on a winding road--dangerous and exhilarating. On the title track, misterioso woodwind passages alternate with a soulful, pounding minor blues. The streak of humor in Goodwin's writing comes to the fore in wry nods to his TV and film composing, including the finger-snapping Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, complete with a scream and a splat...
...could the supposed experts be so wrong? Leipold isn't sure, though he meticulously explored a variety of possibilities. A promising one is that since neither side wants to spend a lot of time and money on the many cases involving misdemeanors, or minor crimes, defense lawyers typically request a quick trial before a judge, prosecutors don't bother to prepare thoroughly, and the result is often acquittal. Another possibility is that judges so resented the federal sentencing guidelines, which replaced judicial discretion with strict and frequently harsh rules, that they demanded stronger proof of guilt when the prescribed sentence...
...Utah, Jeffs faces two felony counts of rape as an accomplice, for allegedly arranging the marriage of a teenage girl to an older man. In Arizona he faces multiple counts of sexual conduct with a minor and multiple counts of conspiracy to commit sexual conduct with a minor. Jeffs is being held in federal custody in a Las Vegas county jail pending a court hearing on a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. It is not yet clear whether Jeffs will face extradition to Arizona or Utah. "Everyone will get their turn with Jeffs," said Tim Fuhrman, Special...