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...words like ‘mellifluously.’ You get to use lots of fancy words that you somehow came across and thought ‘Oh, I’m going to use that.’ [In televison,] you’re always trying to cut down and make things more concise and tell things visually. When you’re writing, you have an opportunity to paint it exactly as you want it, knowing that the person is going to read it in their...

Author: By Sachi A. Ezura, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Q With Ben Karlin | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

...Halutz may have left, but the political battle has just started. Meanwhile, from Lebanon, Hizballah's televison network gleefully reported Halutz's resignation as proof of the militia's victory against Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Israeli General Takes the Fall | 1/17/2007 | See Source »

...settlement kept alive a season of lively pennant races and record-breaking performances. But it did not go very far toward solving baseball's most critical financial problem: the growing gap between the rich clubs and the poor ones. Unlike pro football, which divides a pot of national televison money equally among its 28 teams, baseball relies more on local television revenue. The owners in big media markets, such as George Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees and Peter O'Malley of the Los Angeles Dodgers, understandably are not eager to share their advantages with less well-endowed clubs, like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: A Win for the Fans | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...Then he does a tricky little act: he claims to be uncertain as to how to film the lesbian scene. His two actresses are uncertain too, and they sit down with the director to discuss the angles, the actions, what they're expected to perform. Pataravarin Timkul, 23, televison star and daughter of one of Thailand's most famous actresses, is definitely nervous: she's never done a sex scene on camera. "For Thais to do a love scene with any nudity is very rare, never mind a lesbian scene," she exasperates. Canadian-Chinese actress Christy Chung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pride & Passion | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...YORK CITY: Mired firmly in third place during the 1996-97 televison season, ABC execs needed to do something to shake things up. Their solution? Frequent flyer miles. The Disney network announced it will give out miles on American Airlines to anyone who will watch their shows. The catch is that there's homework involved: You have to fill out questionaires to prove you watched shows like 'Ellen' and didn't just hear the highlights at the office. ABC did not say how many miles you could get through the program, or whether you would get more credit for watching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Come Fly With Us | 6/4/1997 | See Source »

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