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...Cinovation, Baker's makeup-effects company in Glendale, Calif., corpses dangle from the ceiling and a towering grim reaper stands guard outside his office, holding a sword. Baker is famously stubborn ("extremely committed to his artistic belief system" is how Nutty II producer Brian Grazer puts it), wears his hair in a ponytail and absolutely loves apes. He wore his own monkey suits in The Incredible Shrinking Woman and the remakes of King Kong and Mighty Joe Young. He designed the primates in Gorillas in the Mist and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes...
Americans tend to think of themselves as their own best doctor--now more than ever, as evidenced by the way we are scarfing down unregulated nutritional supplements to deter the Grim Reaper from a premature visit. Prompted in part by this growing self-care movement and in part by drug companies, the Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the process it uses to decide when a prescription medicine is ready to be sold freely on store shelves...
...Someone to Watch Over Me - George & Ira Gershwin (performed by anyone except Elton John) 2. The Way You Look Tonight - Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields (performed by Fred Astaire) 3. (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Donald Roeser (performed, of course, by Blue Oyster Cult) 4. Your Cheating Heart - Williams by Williams 5. Round Midnight - Thelonious by Thelonious (most particularly the solo piano version) 6. He's a Quiet Guy - Supposedly by Phil Spector with Poncia/Andreoli Phil probably had nothing to do with it; performed by Darlene Love on the B side of "Stumble and Fall" 7. Telstar - Joe Meek (performed...
...intimation of mortality, here's a quick exercise to determine whether such an experience would change you as a person: In the time it takes you to read this sentence (about seven seconds), you are that much closer to your own inevitable death. Really feel like flouting the Grim Reaper? Reread the sentence (hey, it's your funeral). You've squandered almost 15 precious seconds of your life, and there's absolutely nothing you can do to get that time back...
...Generational replacement, a.k.a. the grim reaper, each year removes the most civic-minded slice of the U.S. population," as veterans of the World War II era, who are more involved in politics, are replaced by apathetic Gen-Xers, he wrote in an e-mail message...