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...that his appeal transcends foodies or Italophiles. Last June, just before he threw the green flag at the NASCAR event at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., tens of thousands of fans began to chant, "MOLTO! MARIO!"--a reference to Molto Mario, one of the five Food Network shows in which he has starred since 1996. NASCAR was impressed. "You have a certain image of chefs, especially in New York, as hoity-toity," says Mark Dyer, a NASCAR vice president. "But this guy gets into the infield and is just one of the guys ... In many ways, these events...
Online social network behemoth MySpace.com was sold for $580 million to News Corp. last year, and Facebook.com is a comparatively smaller operation than MySpace. The venture launched by Harvard undergrads ranks 29th on a list of the most popular English-language sites compiled by Alexa.com, while MySpace ranks fifth. But Facebook.com’s highly coveted access to college students and recent alumni might draw larger offers...
...Chief of Staff. College basketball players Adam Morrison and J. J. Redick sobbed on the courts after their respective teams, Gonzaga and Duke, were eliminated from the NCAA tournament. And remember poor Mrs. Alito, sniffling through her husband?s confirmation Senate hearings. Of course, the daytime block of network programming has long been synonymous with emotional instability. There?s Oprah and Dr. Phil, of course - and Starting Over, the syndicated group therapy show whose saline output is of biblical proportions...
...contestants would make the Chinese want to vote in other contexts, such as for their political leaders. Others thought Li and her fellow finalists were insufficiently prim role models. It's also possible that Super Girl--produced by a station in Hunan province--was upstaging CCTV, China's national network, which produces its own more subdued but far less popular ersatz Idol...
...province?already functions as if it were truly independent; when Chen stokes the issue, it strikes many as both gratuitous and reckless, given Beijing's threats to strike with missiles if Taiwan moves to declare itself independent. According to a poll conducted last month by TVBS, a national television network, "boosting the economy" rated nine out of 10 in terms of importance, while "resolving the issue of unification and/or independence" scored just four out of 10. Public weariness with the wrangling over independence has had an effect: the DPP fared poorly in local elections last December, and a recent poll...