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...vaudeville (Buck and Bubbles, Gallagher and Shean, Burns and Allen) and movies; in 1942, theater exhibitors voted Bud Abbott and Lou Costello the No. 1 "star" in Hollywood. What Lewis saw in Martin, when they first teamed up in 1946, was something unique: a sexpot straight man, a perfect complement to Jer's goony girly-boy. Dean was Lewis's public enabler; by acting as the imperturbable wall against which the kid's maniacal energy kept bouncing, he translated Jer to the mainstream audience...
...Apple (AAPL) will not lay people off because Steve Jobs would have to admit he had made a bad decision and that the company would not be appear to be perfect. This is, of course, only part of reason jobs at Apple are safe. The company has $24 billion in cash and securities and adds to that every quarter. Apple refuses to make acquisitions, preferring to create and market its own products. M&A deals often mean personnel cuts. Because Apple's success is based on creating new products, improving old ones and aggressive marketing, it will need...
...their music has been received with less than tepid ethusiasm. Some say that it was because they signed with Interscope. Some say that it was because Neil Busch, bassist and electro-noise maker, left the band. Some say that “Source Tags & Codes” was so perfect that anything that came after it would naturally pale in comparison. Whatever the case may be, Trail of Dead has been in a slump for the past seven years. The latest release from them, however, is a solid effort that combines elements of noise-rock and headbang-inducing guitar riffs...
...location was chosen for its size, its proximity to Fenway Park, and its colorful history, which includes performances by The Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin, Turkenkopf said. He said that the inaugural show sold out in about 40 minutes. “It’s a perfect fit in terms of inaugurating a new venue,” he said of the J. Geils Band, a “legendary blues-based rock act” that performed in the same space in spring 1968, when the location was called the Boston Tea Party. Though the new House...
Tick tack foul on Boehm on Maddox, he'll shoot two more, looking perfect from the line. He makes two to put Tigers up three, 52-19, 1:40 to play...