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Whoever paid whom, the lawsuit pitches Wall Street into familiar territory, where charges of racial discrimination have proliferated for years. "Wall Street is still very white male," says Ivan Smith, a prominent New York City employment-rights attorney. "There are tons of discrimination cases there." Just three months ago, Morgan Stanley settled a similar claim of racism by two black employees (the firm denied wrongdoing). For his part, Curry alleges he was paid less than his white counterparts and was often assigned menial work. Co-workers allegedly derided him and other African-American employees. After the magazine appeared, Curry says...
...potential hole in Curry's case is that he acknowledges in his suit that he used his expense account for "adult entertainment" with a client. That, suggests attorney Smith, may abet Morgan Stanley's argument that Curry abused his expense privileges. Perhaps the critical question is whether Curry would still be working at Morgan Stanley had he never appeared nude on the magazine cover. Says Curry: "I should never have posed for those pictures." No matter who wins the lawsuit, both sides may be able to agree on that...
Enrique Iglesias, who was rejected by several major labels at the start of his career but who has since sold more than 3 million CDs worldwide, recently got a call at home from actor Will Smith, asking him to contribute a song to Smith's upcoming film Wild Wild West. Iglesias' English-language song Bailamos will be on the Wild sound track, and he is now considering recording a CD in English. But he says he will never leave Spanish behind. "I gotta remember something--what got me here was Spanish," says the 24-year-old Iglesias, son of crooner...
...began exploring songwriting and producing. In 1995 he formed the Crescent Moon label and started signing acts such as Cuban bassist Cachao, known as the Father of Mambo, whom major labels had ignored. A string of Grammy nominations eventually followed; so did non-Latino artists like Madonna and Will Smith, seeking to add some tropical flavor to their songs. "Emilio's ears and vision are absolutely incredible," says Tommy Mottola, CEO of Sony Music, which distributes the Crescent Moon label. "He's in front of the curve all the time...
...Scorpioni are far from deadly. They're a group of English ladies living in Florence, raising an abandoned, illegitimate child in British virtue and avoiding Fascist thuggery. All that becomes harder to do when Italy enters World War II. Maggie Smith and Judi Dench are glorious comic actresses, while Joan Plowright provides a firm, touching moral center to the film. They almost make you forget Cher's totally out-of-it work as a disapproved-of American and carry the film to its destiny, which is one of inoffensive inconsequence, prettily staged...