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...annual top-ten list coming next week and all. So this week I thought I would bring in some special guest writers -- publicists! With an eye towards a last minute entry in the "Softball Journalism of the Year" award, I contacted various publishers and asked them for a preview of their 2005 list (with a limit of five), including a one-sentence description. Release dates are given when they were provided. Edited for brevity and hyperbole, these listings do not constitute endorsement by TIME.comix. My crystal ball picks for what to watch for are marked with a double star...
...mixed week for Microsoft. The good: the company launched a preview beta version of its MSN search engine (at beta.search.msn.com) designed to challenge Google for users and a piece of the growing search-related advertising market. While not as powerful as Google, MSN search is close--fast, accurate and nearly as comprehensive as its rival. The not-so-good: a new challenger arose with the release of Firefox 1.0 (download it at mozilla.org) a Web browser that offers real improvements over Microsoft's Internet Explorer. On Firefox, Web pages load faster, and there are an excellent pop-up blocker...
MORE FAKE NEWS Jon Stewart became must viewing, with bits on the election (Fiasco Preview) and Iraq (Mess O'Potamia...
...Dreyfuss, who would be taking the leading role in London as Max Bialystock, a shyster showman who puts on a surefire flop so the tax collectors will never spot that it was designed to bilk hordes of investors. But just days before the American import was set to begin previews last Friday, Dreyfuss seemed to be drawing a little too much inspiration from his determined-to- fail character. First the star of Mr. Holland's Opus and Jaws admitted to Metro Life magazine that he can neither holler nor hoof, and suggested that the show's producers should "take...
...show's loss is also its gain, because rushing to the rescue is the acclaimed Nathan Lane, who originated the role of Max on Broadway, and will replace Dreyfuss for three months. (The good news: based on the first preview, Lane's fabulously manic, archly knowing interpretation is intact.) After his stint, Lane will leave to shoot the movie version of The Producers. The cast has already felt the difference. Says leading lady Leigh Zimmerman, "We've all been ready to move up a gear for a couple of weeks but couldn't. Now with the fire Nathan brings...