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...December 2001 when he was arrested and charged with trafficking 300 pounds of marijuana—an amount estimated to be worth approximately $500,000. In the 19 months since, his trial has been held up by a variety of legal maneuverings, including a venue change and a failed motion to exclude certain evidence...
...growing crowd murmuring uneasily in the right wing of the Au Bon Pain dining area stirred into motion. Mastroianni was dispersing half sheets bearing final instructions...
...Segundo saw his traditional balladeering trail into obscurity, and he spent nearly two decades as a roller in the H. Upmann cigar factory in Havana. Then, in his late 80s, he formed the Buena Vista Social Club with a gaggle of other aging all-stars. The eponymous album and motion picture reintroduced much of the world to Cuban music and made the charismatic Segundo perhaps the most recognizable beardless Cuban alive. The gregarious nonagenarian reveled in his stardom: he played for the Pope, surrounded himself with women and transported millions of listeners to a simpler, more romantic era with...
...vision of computing may be coming to a PC near you sooner than you think. A company called FingerWorks has developed a computer keyboard that lets you complete such simple functions as clicking, scrolling and dragging by gesturing or moving your fingers across a new type of touch-and motion-sensitive surface...
Want a job that allows you to mingle with movie glitterati (without having to live among them) and show films in your own private theater? It may be too late. Washington institution Jack Valenti, who for 37 years has headed the Motion Picture Association of America, the Hollywood studios' lobbying group, is finally ready to retire, and sources tell TIME the choices to succeed him have been narrowed to two Louisianians. One whose name has been floated for months is Congressman Billy Tauzin, Republican chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Tauzin has strong backing from Disney, but that...