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Wetherell's Internet world view is getting its fiercest test in a takeover tussle with Barry Diller--a real-economy mogul if ever there was one--who has made a bid for Lycos, the Internet portal that Wetherell financed and of which he owns 18.5%. While Diller and Wetherell agree that the partnering of Lycos' new-media assets and Diller's traditional media hodgepodge of USA Networks, Home Shopping Network and other film- and television-production interests makes strategic sense, they disagree sharply on the value Diller ascribes to Lycos...
...Aniston and Harry Connick Jr., this isn't your standard Disney fare. With some of the best non-Disney animation to date and a solid screenplay blessed by Ted Hughes before his death, this movie will appeal to adults and kids alike. Internet snoops have reported religious experiences during test screenings, meaning The Iron Giant could be the first truly epic animated film. Hopefully, Warner Bros. Will see its (rumored) potential and beef up its almost non-existent marketing campaign. The Buzz If the early word on the street is correct, then The Iron Giant will be an animated equal...
...such recent films as Analyze This and Mafia. Grant will probably bumble and stutter his way through yet another film, while Caan gets another turn at his Oscar-nominated Godfather role. Director Kelly Makin has only the flop Brain Candy: Kids in the Hall among her credits, and test screenings have been decidedly negative, citing a script devoid of laughs and a tired premise among its shortcomings...
...High school: I take the SATs and the APs and similar standardized tests for people with short names. They turn me into "Ganeshananth, Vasug" or variations thereof. Rumor has it that each test-taker gets 200 points for writing his name. Someone asks if I get extra. When I am a sophomore, one of my friends is the editor of the school paper. When stories are a few lines short, she gets her reporters to call me for a quote so they can use my name to take up space. Before graduation, I have to spend extra time with...
Though students and the campus press reacted with groans to an additional non-concentration requirement, Faculty members say it is absolutely necessary in today's day and age. Filling the requirement with a simple test is not enough, they...