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...when Willis, a producer on the film, had Smith rewrite a scene he was in to remove some of the exposition. The studio wanted to discuss their objections to the rewrite. "I was there when he made that call," says Smith. "He was talking to some higher-up muckity-muck at the studio. He kept saying, 'Uh-huh, uh-huh.' And then he said, 'Let me ask you this: Who is your second choice to play John McClane? Thought so.' And then he hung up. It was just as cool as that...
...talking, there are paparazzi in boats out in the harbor taking pictures. Having just been through the celebrity muck of Cannes, who gets it the worst? CLOONEY: There's no question, it's Brad. PITT: Well, exponentially, with us together ... CLOONEY: But even before he was with [Angelina Jolie], we used to chum the water with him. PITT: This is not a joke. They used to send me out to take the hits. CLOONEY: We were at the airport in Italy. So I walk off the plane, and it's "Hey, Giorgio!" And I go, "Look! Brad Pitt!" and they...
...Johns was both exceptionally clever and childlike, a duality that defined him. Fans first knew him as half of an audacious double act with his look-alike brother Matthew-two innocents who went nowhere without a football to muck about with. Matthew was a fine player, but Andrew was better. From his first-grade debut for Newcastle in 1994, opposing coaches knew that success depended on stopping "Joey." Some ordered that he be bashed and heckled. Others aimed their Goliaths at him in the hope that forcing him to tackle would blunt his attack...
...judges make these decisions? They don't exactly wing it, but they pick and choose among factors that lead to a muck of inconsistency. Plaintiffs have a better chance of proceeding anonymously if they are minors or might face retribution. Anonymity is a long shot if it would limit the defendant in challenging the accuser's claims (How do you attack the credibility of a pseudonym?), or if the plaintiff's name is already known...
...this hub of a glorious, steam-driven empire, the average life expectancy of the city's poorest was only 16, and the cellars of even the better off were often full of excrement. Still, the muck signaled a business opportunity to the 100,000 or so toshers (copper salvagers), mudlarks and bone-pickers who crammed the city's margins, scavenging its corpses or sifting through its effluvia on the banks of the Thames. The air in parts of the capital was so appalling that when, in 1854, cholera struck on Broad Street in the Soho district and quickly developed into...