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...Harvard’s left tackle, says he’s been told upwards of 14 teams have him on their draft board. His agent has told him he could go as early as the fifth round. Popular wisdom lately says that he could even be selected ahead of superstar wideout Carl Morris, whose 40-yard dash time has not wowed scouting personnel at recent workouts...
That’s Ben (Parry Shen), the multi-talented, multi-faceted multi-tasker, Academic Decathlon superstar and star of Better Luck Tomorrow. While Ben’s not volunteering as a translator at the hospital, building his SAT vocabulary or working part-time at the local fast food joint, he’s pulling scams, dealing drugs and ruling a suburban community with his gang. Think of them—Ben and his buddies Virgil, Daric and Han—as the Honor Roll Mafia, overachievers at everything good...
When he was introduced before headliner Benny Goodman in late 1942, the ensuing roar prompted Goodman, offstage, to ask, "What the hell was that?" The first superstar, baby. Two years later a crowd of 30,000 teenage girls swamped the Paramount Theater in a morning ticket rush dubbed the Columbus Day Riot. The bobby-soxers had reached battalion strength. And when they heard Frank sing, they fell, as they would for decades, for Swoonatra...
...sixth book, The Laws of Money, the Lessons of Life (Free Press), Suze Orman is going on a 21-city bus tour, a tactic more suited to a rock star than a personal-finance guru. Why not? Orman, the popular TV commentator and O magazine columnist, is a superstar in her own right. But is her advice solid? In her new book, she gives helpful guidance for those who have been bruised by the rocky economy, which is to say everyone. Her five laws (e.g., Look at What You Have, Not at What You Had), written in the cozy language...
...Manhattan yuppie (played by Dillon) embroiled in a major insurance scam who travels to Phnom Penh and reunites with his mentor, portrayed by James Caan (The Godfather). The plot follows Dillon's character through sweat-soaked brothel scenes, all-night temple raves and a seedy guesthouse where French superstar G?rard Depardieu shines as the gruff hotelier...