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...security cleared the way for the star of blockbusters like Speed and Miss Congeniality, Bullock laughed as her entourage chanted “We love you Sandra!” and an unidentified fan threw a stuffed pig into...
...bird flu that is spreading with alarming speed through Asia's poultry farms--killing thousands of chickens in 10 countries and forcing the slaughter of millions more--has so far infected a relatively small number of humans. Fewer than a dozen people in Vietnam and Thailand have caught the flu, all by direct exposure to infected chickens, and there is no evidence yet of the disease spreading from one person to another. But when humans do catch it, it is extremely deadly; at least eight people have already died, most of them children like Kaptan. And the great fear...
This year the nominations were posted two weeks earlier, and Oscar season is squeeze-boxed into 33 days. With the clock ticking at warp speed, there's a siege of migraines at swank industry boites like Morton's and The Ivy, among studio bosses and stars alike. It's a bit like the presidential primaries, which used be a contest through June. Now the race could be over by March, especially if you stumble or scream in Iowa...
...guide is indispensible--Evan Marc Katz's "I Can't Believe I'm Buying This Book." (Ten Speed Press; 174 pages). The book's tips on everything from jazzing up your profile to polishing your first-date etiquette are so sharp that this is a must read for any online dater. "Caffeine kills a date," writes Katz, who prefers a cozier atmosphere to the ubiquitous "coffee/interview date." He adds, "Do not talk about your dysfunctional family," and "do not complain about dating...
...issue as a result of the recent scandals. While many big investors have been relaxed about companies using offshore holdings to reduce their tax burdens, overuse of havens can raise red flags. Indeed, in December 2002, a year before Parmalat blew up, a Merrill Lynch analyst in London, Joanna Speed, downgraded the company to "sell" from "buy" in part because of its "inefficient, opaque and complex" balance sheet. Shame can be a useful weapon. At a recent hearing by a U.S. Senate committee, senior executives of the accounting firm KPMG were accused of marketing aggressive and potentially illegal tax shelters...