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...this new fleet of shows, has even hired former Clinton Administration and congressional staffers to provide the proper authenticity for their scripts. They must be doing something right. The show is a huge ratings success, runs the table at the Emmys, and is the darling of the Beltway crowd regardless of political persuasion. I have a friend, a speechwriter for the White House in the early 60s, who loves the program for its unabashed liberal slant and I have conservative chums who use the show to do opposition research. Washington and Hollywood have always enjoyed a clandestine courtship with...
...offs are hardly new. M and A activity usually increases as markets and liquidity rise, while demergers often occur after things go bust. "Clearly there is quite a cyclical and fashionable element involved," says HSBC's Russell. That's partly explained by the investment banks' need to make money regardless of market performance. "If you can't do the merger, do the spin-off. In bad times, the spin-off is the easier sell," Minichiello says. Management comes under pressure from investors to "do something," and the investment banks are there with the answer - get rid of an unloved unit...
...clear things have gone awry in Oscar land when In the Bedroom supporters at Universal-cohort Miramax Pictures are contacting Oscar voters and bashing Moulin Rouge for being “trite, ridiculous, simpleton cinema.” This is according to 20th Century Fox, of course. But regardless of the artistry one finds in a dancing Nicole Kidman or a plate-throwing Sissy Spacek, 2002 is proving to be the peak of the Oscar’s political shenanigans. As nominees are garnered primarily through ad campaigns or favors to filmmakers whose turn...
...upcoming election ought to emulate the governor’s race between Weld and Senator John F. Kerry in 1996—a clean, serious seven-debate contest in which the candidates sparred over crucial issues like education and crime. Regardless of the outcome, Massachusetts voters deserve to have two reasonable and viable competitors in the governor’s race. Swift, with all her baggage, could not offer a substantive campaign; Romney at least gives the people of this state a serious choice...
...Regardless, both sides said the ruling will have a major impact on future court cases...