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...scenes as Josh Hartnett's friend in Hollywood Homicide. "I knew when he walked in the room he had the energy and charisma to handle the part," says director Ron Shelton. Shelton is the rare director who seeks out rappers ("There's a freedom, a looseness and a respect for the text I like," he says), but Benjamin still exceeded his expectations. "André sent me a note after the movie, thanking me. Honestly, it might be the first note I ever got. I sent him one back saying, 'Thank you. I hope I have a bigger part for you someday...
...Some sad news--King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has died. In respect, the Saudi royal family lowered their flag and raised their oil prices." --JAY LENO
...That is a sentiment that Daley is banking on. "People used to say, 'You're the mayor's son--you don't have to do anything,'" Daley says. "I've worked very hard to be where I am. People know who I am in this city, and they respect me." He just has to hope that in Chicago, that's what will count most. --Reported by Wendy Cole, Elizabeth Coady and Eric Ferkenhoff/Chicago
...what they want for their birthday, and the answers range from a puppy to a laptop to getting their belly button pierced to "my girlfriend's virginity." New ballet slippers. My own room. Cash. Thirteen-year-olds have more power than discipline, more weapons than shields. They demand more respect from their parents and show them less. The Motion Picture Association of America understood the nature of the age when it invented the PG rating--parental guidance suggested--as though it knew that from here on, parents can guide, they can suggest, but kids are making more decisions, taking fewer...
Certainly I had hoped that John Sweeney would lead this change process. There was no joy in disagreeing with someone whom I respect as much as John Sweeney. It was disappointing because we couldn't find a common way forward and even more complicated because I know the commitments he's made in his life to try and change workers' lives...