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...during the brief press conference the two men had at the family seaside compound. But one of McCain's biggest hurdles in the race is the perception that his election would mean a third Bush term. Given that, is a pilgrimmage to Kennebunkport the best way to dispel the notion...
...Smart.) With a story assist from Reilly, Ferrell wrote the script with Adam McKay, a fellow alumnus of Saturday Night Live and director of two Will winners, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. The new movie also explores the comic notion of man-child that goes back to the silent era (Harry Langdon's basic character was that of a deranged baby) and early talkies (the Three Stooges). But today they're everywhere - Ferrell played a pretty endearing one in Elf - which leaves the few remaining adult-male comedy roles to George...
Which is exactly what could make American Teen a hit. Fulfilling our Hollywood-bred notion about what kids are like, giving us tears and taunts and a little sex: Is that reality? No, that's reali-tainment...
...Justice Eady also rejected the notion that Mosley's private sex life should be made a matter for public consumption. "Although no doubt interesting to the public, was this genuinely a matter of public interest? I rather doubt it," he wrote...
...with little or no privacy." One can forgive the historically inappropriate reference to the Spartans - fierce warriors whose loyalty to one another in no way excluded sexual relationships, and indeed may have encouraged them. But the specter of "forced intimacy" recalled the worst kind of anti-gay bigotry: the notion that gays can't control themselves or respect sexual privacy. Nunn himself led reporters and colleagues on an infamous "field hearing" into the sleeping quarters and showers of ships and submarines in May 1993. It was demeaning and schoolboyishly prurient, but as icky demagoguery, the stunt worked brilliantly...