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That ghost is Dr. Frasier Crane, the pompous but charming shrink he played on TV for 20 straight years--nine seasons on Cheers, then 11 on Frasier. Frasier was Grammer's lottery ticket, a guest spot that miraculously turned into a high-paying regular gig. But over 20 seasons, any part, no matter how charming, becomes an actor's tomb. "The problem with playing a guy for as long as I did is that it's hard to keep surprises," he says. "You know, you spend 20 years in front of the camera ..." Pause for effect. "Lesser actors might...
...other stations are playing Not Ready to Make Nice, and while it has done well on iTunes, it's quite possible that in singing about their anger at people who were already livid with them and were once their target audience, the Chicks have written their own ticket to the pop-culture glue factory. "I guess if we really cared, we wouldn't have released that single first," says Maguire. "That was just making people mad. But I don't think it was a mistake...
Inside, people of middle age drifting haggardly into dotage huddle around video kiosks with racing results beamed in from horse- and greyhound-tracks worldwide (or cable—one patron watched a Sandra Bullock movie). The tiled floor was littered with discarded ticket stubs, and the multi-story gambling lounge smelled like old cigarettes and old people...
...Nothing personal, dear reader, but Cannes is not a democratic festival like Toronto, where every film is open to the public. You literally can't buy a ticket, though you might be given one, if you implore the desk clerk at your hotel, or perform some congenial act on an assistant producer. Cannes is a convention for movie professionals. Besides the movies chosen by programmers and critics, there's a free-for-all Film Market where anyone can rent a screening room and peddle his product to distributors and reviewers. Some are here to buy, some to sell; others, like...
...India has seen the launch of a wave of new airlines in recent years. Kingfisher has set impressive service standards, but the biggest social impact has been made by three low-cost carriers: Air Deccan, SpiceJet and GoAir. A ticket on one of these is often cheaper than a good seat on a train?something that has made flying, once the preserve of the rich, an affordable reality, even for lower-middle-class Indians. Their discovery of air travel puts India's aviation sector among the world's fastest growing. The fledgling budget airlines still contend with a few teething...