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...Americans need to stop the insanity of relentless consumption, and instead live simpler, smarter and slower. My dwindling bank account and I are all for it, but there's something not quite right about having that message brought to you by someone like DiCaprio. DiCaprio would neither be wildly rich nor wildly famous - he wouldn't be Leo, in other words - without the efforts of a celebrity machine that runs on extremely conspicuous consumption. It's not that DiCaprio shouldn't be applauded for using much of his celebrity to promote environmental causes - though he obviously keeps some in reserve...
...restaurants such as Hard Rock Cafe, Macaroni Grill or P.F. Chang's China Bistro. Perhaps the commute home from work leaves less time to cook, making the convenience of eating out more popular. In contrast, rural Internet users seem more likely to be cooking in the home, with recipe-rich sites such as Food & Wine Magazine, Recipes.com and FoodTV website "Cooking with Paula Deen" dominating the list...
...Sharpay is not really that bad; she just wants too much. Nobody is that bad in this world--not the popular kids, not the ditzy parents, not the overworked authority figures--and that's its charm. Everyone--band geek, hoop star, rich kid--stands side by side for their curtain call. Whether high school is in front of you or long behind, who wouldn't want to believe that story...
...folks like Francis Ford Coppola about a role. Coppola asked Efron, who is a musical savant, to try to stump him with obscure show songs. Coppola missed only one, from Avenue Q, but he belted the rest right at Efron. "Believe it or not, he's got a pretty rich baritone. It's kind of great. I must be one of the few people he sang to, and it's an honor," he says. Efron's also in talks to remake Footloose as well as make a movie called Seventeen, in which a grown-up gets stuck inside a teenager...
...equally good sandwich at Quiznos: the honey mustard chicken sandwich with bacon on whole wheat. It's pretty cheap. If I buy a foot-long sandwich, it's like two meals." No, two made-for-TV movies and a role in Hairspray won't make you rich, but still, dude can buy a panini...