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...Social activist and former nominated opposition Member of Parliament Sinapan Samydorai is unconvinced. "They've been trying now for years to get us to believe in his kinder and gentle side, but it's all just spin." "We still don't know who Lee Hsien Loong really is," says commentator Goh, whose website regularly lampoons Lee's makeover attempts. "He's so opaque that we tend to project onto him our fears for the future, of reverting back to the bad old days." Those "bad old days" were, of course, the first 25 years of Singapore's history when...
...bargaining tool. Hallyday could receive 350 million in damages, though Universal is appealing. "It's like if Elvis Presley decided to sue his producer when he was alive," says Jacques Verrecchia, Hallyday's lawyer. As the first decision of its kind in France, the case could inspire spin-offs. "The consequences could be absolutely catastrophic for the recorded-music business," Universal's lawyer said. Not everyone agrees, but it's likely that other disgruntled artists (are you listening, Prince?) will try to follow Hallyday's lead. - By Lee Hudson Teslik Small Setbacks California's Nanosys, a bellwether of the infant...
Kerry will get Mercier's vote in November and, according to a recent poll that shows him 29 percentage points ahead of President Bush, enough others to carry the traditionally Democratic state. Says Mary Ann Richards of Lowell, speaking for so many others: "He doesn't spin my wheels, but I'm voting Kerry...
Anyone who saw Shrek 2 and wondered how to cash in on the ogre's box-office charm will soon have a chance. DreamWorks SKG, the studio behind the billion-dollar Shrek franchise, announced that it plans to spin off its animation division in an initial public offering (IPO) to raise at least $650 million. DreamWorks Animation, as the new company will be called, intends to ramp up production with the release of two computer-animated films a year and needs the capital to help finance the movies and tackle archrival Pixar, which keeps raising the bar with hits like...
...animation spin-off is the latest chapter in the dismantling of DreamWorks, following the sale of its music business and exits from video games and Internet ventures. "They had the name recognition and horsepower to do magnificent things," says media investor Harold Vogel. A fairy-tale ending, however, appears to have been left onscreen. --By Daren Fonda