Word: promo
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...daughter, Rebecca N. Nesson ’98, an HLS graduate and Harvard computer science doctoral candidate who is co-teaching the course, also makes an appearance in the promo, saying, “in Second Life, the possibilities of what we can do are endless” as she transforms into a butterfly...
...perplexing poster hangs in theoffice of Omar Minaya, general manager of the New York Mets, the newly minted champions of the National League's Eastern Division. It's a promo for A Bronx Tale, a 1993 film starring Robert De Niro about a boy who gets mixed up with the Mob. Why is the word Bronx--as in Bronx Bombers, as in New York Yankees, as in Evil Empire--displayed prominently at the Yanks' crosstown rival? It turns out that Minaya, who grew up a fly ball from Shea Stadium in Queens rooting for the Mets, loves the movie...
Well, kind of. The pilot of 30 Rock (Wednesdays, 8 p.m. E.T.; debuts Oct. 11) has a scene in which the writers challenge an actor to do impressions--Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Romano. "There's a new promo [for Studio 60] that NBC showed me," Fey says, "and someone in it was saying, 'Show me your Tom Cruise.' I said, 'Oh! I guess there is a little overlap...
...fans. Ray--who has no teleprompter, earpiece, cue cards or even writers--has a finely honed sense of what is and is not Rachael Ray. When the Vegas affiliate wanted a promo in which she would say, "Join me for an entertaining and unpredictable hour of television," she refused. Instead, she blurted out, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but if you want to know what happens on my show, you'll have to check it out at 10 a.m." The audience went nuts. There are, apparently, Rachael Ray clichs and non--Rachael Ray clich?...
...Robertson really leg-press 2,000 lbs.? When he was 72? Even though that's nearly 700 lbs. more than some college-record holders can handle without rupturing blood vessels in their eyeballs? The reverend is standing firm on the claim, first made in a promo for his protein shake, although he added last week that he "did it one time, one rep" and moved the ton only a few inches. He also revealed why he got into leg pressing: bad knees...