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Those who tried to sweet-talk the police officers guarding the doors were met with flat refusals and allusions to the fire marshal’s pronouncement. The doors opened more than once, but only to let ejected convention-goers out, not to let anyone new in. One staffer could be heard lamenting that her belongings had been left upstairs at the convention...
Napoleon Dynamite, the offbeat comedy about a set of self-assured nerds at an Idaho high school, concludes with a hilariously spastic dance number. Napoleon and his posse might describe it as "sweet"--maybe even sweet enough to see again. But anyone who goes to the movie a second time will see something else too. When the indie film, which opened in New York City and Los Angeles on June 11, expands to 300 screens across the country this Friday, it will have a 5-min. epilogue--a brand-new scene, shot just four weeks...
...extra scene will boost the box office. But it should please the film's cult fans (including the 20,000 who are competing online to be president of the Napoleon Dynamite fan club). Let's just say it involves a white dress and a ride off into the sunset. Sweet...
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Tate & Lyle is on a sugar rush. After just four years in stores, the British firm's no-calorie sweetener sucralose (brand name Splenda) accounts for 43% of U.S. retail sugar-substitute sales (excluding Wal-Mart). That beats Equal and Sweet'n Low, according to market researcher Information Resources. In a deal with Tate, McNeil Nutritionals, a Johnson & Johnson division, is rolling out a sugar-Splenda blend for baking in August. Splenda, already used in thousands of manufactured foods (one appeal: it withstands heat better than alternatives do), is also going into new mid-calorie sodas from Coca-Cola...