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...What to infer from these rankings? That Americans will pay to see Will Ferrell (Talladega Nights) or Adam Sandler (Click) or Ben Stiller (Night at the Museum) in a certain kind of comedy - and Cruise can get their attention by testing the tensile strength of Oprah's couch - but somehow these guys don't fit the image of movie star. The Harris poll suggests the yen for a platonic ideal: the humane man (Washington, Hanks, Smith), or the tough hombre (Wayne, Eastwood, Gibson, Ford), or the matinee idol (Depp, Clooney) or the pretty woman (Roberts). These are not just people...
...Shawn hasn't told them yet what happened with Devlin to leave him so scared, but both said they suspect he may have been abused, a gut feeling they first shared in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired yesterday. But Craig Akers said yesterday his suspicion was not based on anything Shawn has said or done since he has been back home. "There was nothing to make me think that other than statistics," he told TIME. "Since Shawn disappeared, we have been helping out other families with missing kids. We've been involved in more than 40 missing persons...
...hype and drama that attended the speculation about Barack Obama's 2008 presidential bid, his actual announcement was rather tepid. There was no Oprah performance filled with wordplay on "audacity" and "hope," no tension-filled live broadcast, no Monday Night Football gag, just the oddly flat, open-collared video announcement; perhaps he's already trying to tamp expectations downward, after so many weeks in the hype machine. The substance of his announcement leaves little doubt that he's sincerely interested in running, and the polls suggest that even if the YouTube clip was a little disappointing, he benefits from people...
...that front (he recently attracted the help of ex-Kerry '04 national finance director Lou Susman, known as "the Hoover"), whereas those lesser candidates will be looking to make the most of what's called "free media" - that is, publicity stunts. I understand there's a slot on Oprah's schedule that's free...
...self-professed Obama fan, Oprah has what Obama needs--a vast and adoring audience that cuts across ethnic and economic lines. Hipper than Larry King, more populist than Jon Stewart, Oprah can deliver the women's vote without being strident...