Word: supermans
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...Smeaton added that he has pledged to give half of the money raised for him to a charity in Glasgow that cares for injured military veterans. On the web, his legend continues to grow, with doctored pictures of Smeaton as superman recently posted. But Smeaton said such claims of superpowers were overblown. "I'm actually exhausted," he said. "And have had to take time off sick from the airport to recover." Which proves that, despite the tributes and spotlight, it's not easy being Smeaton...
...apparently inexorable march of the sequels (Spidey 3, Shrek the Third already, with Ocean's Thirteen and Bourne something or other speeding toward us, all began with a pretty novel, (or at least entertaining) first film. You can extend that observation to lots of other series-Superman, Batman, Die Hard (which is also being recycled in a few weeks...
...mother has tried to make sense of Genevie's death by holding tight to the notion that he was watching over his fellow soldiers in his last moments. It was a familiar role. "He was real big on Superman," she says. Genevie tattooed a red and gold S on his chest. When his parents separated a few years ago, Genevie stayed with his mom and "took over the fatherly role," she remembers, helping them work through their problems and get back together. That's why, when he died, she wanted him to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. "That...
...budgets have helped. C&C spent $41 million in advertising in the U.K. last year to launch Magners, and it's upping that investment to $54 million this year. Magners ads reinforce the traditional heritage of cider and make effective use of classic rock songs like Donovan's Sunshine Superman. Premium ciders have also benefited by offering an appealing alternative to beer at a time when the public is fortuitously tiring of alcopops - sweet, soda-like drinks laced with alcohol. "People were fed up with things that looked confected and artificial," says Simon Russell, spokesman for the National Association...
...wasn't hard to find Larry the Cable Guy at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons. As the taut and the tanned tucked into their watercress salads served on Limoges china, a husky guy in Army green shorts and a sleeveless Superman T-shirt showed up at the bar and asked for a Jim Beam and Coke. Were this a Ponderosa restaurant in almost any other town in America, Larry, whose real name is Dan Whitney, would be mobbed. Instead, because we're surrounded by the kind of people more likely to mob Jeffrey Katzenberg, I have the affable icon...