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...That might not be the most subtle scene Frears has ever shot, but Pfeiffer's expression, wry, exasperated, sad, is the payoff. Lea is tragically self-aware: while enjoying afternoon tea with former colleagues, which tends to be an amusing, banter-filled affair, she shudders with revulsion at the sight of a portly woman of about her own age - although less well preserved - clutching what looks to be a teenager to her décolletage...
...Frank Capra's all-time rabble-rousing political drama Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. If there'd been just five slots, the roll call might have ended there. But since 10 was the magic number, there was room for two transcendent weepies, Dark Victory (Bette Davis loses her sight) and Love Affair (Irene Dunne loses her legs), plus a musical, The Wizard of Oz, a western, Stagecoach, and a romantic comedy, Ninotchka - all of which are close to being the definitive examples of their genres...
...Klinefelter predicts that teens will start spending at high levels again in six months to a year. So before then, enjoy the sight of young shoppers scouring for discounts. Teens won't stay thrifty forever. Down economy or not, they're still teens...
...billion; the government has pumped $85 billion in equity into the two companies to keep them afloat. What's more, the Treasury and the Federal Reserve have purchased more than $700 billion of Fannie and Freddie mortgage securities. Still, the turnaround of the two companies is not yet in sight. Lockhart said the bottom lines of Fannie and Freddie probably won't rebound for another year...
...settlement of a class action like this to be getting scrutiny of any sort from the Department of Justice," says Briggs, managing partner and co-chairman of the antitrust group at Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP law firm. "I think it signals Google is very much in the sight line of the Department of Justice...