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...Entertainment who greenlighted shows like Desperate Housewives and Lost and earlier helped develop The Sopranos for HBO, to head up a new media division in L.A. and spearhead the company's venture into Tinseltown. Next month the Silicon Valley--based Yahoo! will open its media headquarters in Santa Monica, a mere limo commute from Hollywood's major studios...
...Santa Monica, Calif...
Sitting down to a scrambled-egg breakfast at the Shutters on the Beach hotel in Santa Monica, Calif., McShane, 62, has the happy air of a man who has got away with something. The British character actor just won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV drama, and though in real life he's a grandpa and, for 20 years now, a teetotaler, he betrays a bit of his character's roguish confidence. As soon as he landed the role, he says, he bought a house just down the coast. "I had a feeling it would...
...kids have to fail in order to learn. As children get older, the parents may need to pull back. "I believe that the umbilical cord needs to be severed when children are at school," argues Eric Paul, a fourth- and fifth-grade teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School in Santa Monica, Calif. He goes to weekend ball games and piano recitals in an effort to bond with families but also tries to show parents that there is a line that shouldn't be crossed. "Kids need to operate on their own at school, advocate on their own and learn from each...
...have a different sense of empowerment and professionalism about them," notes Amy Stuart Wells, professor of sociology and education at Columbia University's Teachers College. "When they drop out of the work force to raise their kids, they see being part of the school as part of their job." Monica Stutzman, a mother of two in Johnston, Iowa, believes her efforts helped ensure that her daughter wound up with the best teacher in each grade. "We know what's going on. We e-mail, volunteer on a weekly basis. I ask a lot of questions," she says...