Word: newports
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...give away everything in the pilot of The O.C. (Fox, Tuesdays, 9 p.m. E.T.) and really give away nothing. He could say, for instance, that when disadvantaged teen Ryan Atwood (Benjamin McKenzie) gets busted for car theft, kicked out of his house in Chino, Calif., and brought to ritzy Newport Beach by his public defender, Sandy Cohen (Peter Gallagher), his weekend visit will become permanent. That when Ryan steps outside to sneak a smoke, he will run into the girl next door, his Troubled Future Love Interest. That the T.F.L.I. will have a Spoiled Rich Friend, a Mean Jock Boyfriend...
...back in time 24 hours to prevent the untimely deaths she encounters. (It's "Groundhog Day," the action series.) And "The O.C." - which premieres over the summer - returns to "90210" territory with a youth soap about a kid from the wrong side of the tracks who moves to ritzy Newport Beach in Orange County, Calif...
Michael Otto, 59, has aggressively pushed to countries beyond Germany, including the U.S., where he has a majority stake in Crate & Barrel. (The family separately owns the Spiegel catalog group, which includes Spiegel, Eddie Bauer and Newport News, an online women's-clothing retailer.) Otto has also invested heavily in technology, including e-commerce, to improve efficiency, cut costs and reach out to customers. Last year the company turned a profit for the first time on its online sales, which reached $1.9 billion. Otto boasts that it's the second largest Internet retailer after Amazon.com The advantages of running...
DIED. JOE CONNELLY, 85, who, with partner Bob Mosher, created Leave It to Beaver, The Munsters and other TV sitcoms; of complications from a stroke; in Newport Beach, Calif. A veteran of such '40s radio shows as Amos 'n Andy, he based the Beaver on his own son Ricky. In its six years on the air in the late 1950s and early '60s, and endlessly in reruns since, Leave It to Beaver created one of TV's most charming, unforced portrayals of the world through the eyes...
...nonviolent means to prevent war with Iraq. During the Cuban missile crisis 40 years ago, J.F.K. and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev negotiated and compromised. Result: no war. It will be interesting to see whether Bush is a man of his word and follows through on his rhetoric. DAN MORIARTY Newport, Minn...