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...great-looking people make a movie. Soon after, one of them calls it quits on a marriage. Gossip--and gossip magazines--follow. No, we're not talking Brad, Jen and Angelina. That's so last year. This time out, it's KATE HUDSON and her rock-star husband CHRIS ROBINSON, who announced last week that they had split after six years of matrimony and one baby boy, now 2 1/2. The gossipiest of the gossip mags pin the blame on Hudson's You, Me and Dupree co-star Owen Wilson. Their publicists insist that Hudson and Wilson are just good...
...know how a lot of Jewish performers change their names so they don't offend anyone with all that Jewishness? Emmanuel Goldberg changed his name to Edward G. Robinson, and Jonathan Leibowitz threw us all off the trail with Jon Stewart. How about if all the rest of the Jews do that too? I'm considering Joe Crockett. I also like the sound of Johnny Slayer. Plus, coming up with 14 million new names will be a kind of WPA project for all the Jewish writers. Because we have to back off the controlling-the-media thing...
...branded by that notorious phrase, "good enough for government work." So the Best and the Brightest believe there's no excitement or pulse in federal service. Even graduate schools that are supposed to train students for government can't convince them to work there. In 1961, Charles and Marie Robinson gave $35 million to Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs to ensure its students are groomed for government service. A couple years ago, the Robinsons sued Princeton - because the grad school sends only 12% of its grads into federal service. Everyone expected a spike in public...
...SIMON ROBINSON, Africa bureau chief, TIME The two blocks of shops in Old Melville include a couple of fantastic used-book stores. After browsing for forgotten classics, eat Thai (Soi is a favorite), Indian, Greek or Ethiopian (the newly opened Abyssinica), or have a drink at the Mozambican-flavored Xai Xai Lounge, pictured. If you don't linger you can catch a show at the Market Theatre in artsy Newtown...
...which is divided into a restaurant at the bottom and a club area at the top. It's new so it's still fun. If you want good African food, head to Nambitha in Soweto. It has a vibe you can't quite get anywhere else, very friendly. Simon Robinson, Africa bureau chief, TIME The two blocks of shops in Old Melville include a couple of fantastic used-book stores. After browsing for forgotten classics, eat Thai (Soi is a favorite), Indian, Greek or Ethiopian (the newly opened Abyssinica), or have a drink at the Mozambican-flavored Xai Xai Lounge...