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...there’s the cynical, world-weary guy who just thinks everything sucks.” Ultimately Weitz is proud of his work, but does “expect people to complain—depending on how slow the news week is.” But the political spin of the movie is really secondary, according to Weitz, and he goes so far as to call it a “cultural comedy.” Citing comparison to early Mel Brooks, Weitz says that “this is a comedy and heightened fantasy...
...evidence don’t come together the way you think they do.” But will the average viewer want to solve crime along with detectives, or would he rather turn to the “CSI” franchise or one of its many other spin-offs? The network put the show to the test, and the results were surprising. According to Baum, testing episodes in a “dead average” audience of 100 viewers and registering their every response from behind glass was an “Orwellian experience...
...interview last week he is aware that the current round of hires might one day depart as well. “The challenge of Harvard Management is to have a pipeline,” he said. “I also think that at some point people tend to spin out. We are going into this with our eyes wide open, and as long as we can get five to ten years of excellent returns on the endowment from each group, then our job would have been done well.” —Staff writer Cyrus M. Mossavar...
...already be done. Critics lose. Moviegoers lose. Studios win…maybe. Savvy cineastes already know that films withheld from critics are usually terrible, and avoid them accordingly. Fans disappointed by this season’s batch of un-reviewed movies—including stinkers like the Comedy Central spin-off “Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector” and the Mo’Nique star vehicle “Phat Girlz”—have learned an expensive lesson: never judge a movie by its trailer. Predictably, the studios feign innocence. In an interview...
Canadians were exuberant when Tim Hortons, one of Canada's most famous restaurant chains, which Wendy's will spin off by year-end, went public last month. But CEO Paul House wasn't surprised. "All the indications were that this was going to be a very popular IPO," House said. Tim Hortons, named for its co-founder, a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey great, had sales of $1.2 billion in 2005. The chain serves doughnuts, coffee and lunch fare in 2,611 outlets across Canada. There are 292 stores in the U.S., which House hopes to increase...