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...back and learn a few tricks of the trade. "American Idol gave Kelly a lot of exposure that allowed her to skip some steps in her development, and that's hazardous," says Kwatinetz. Rather than play sprawling amphitheaters, Clarkson gave up hundreds of thousands of dollars in ticket revenues and spent this past summer touring smaller theaters to hone her performance skills. "I've got more than enough money," says Clarkson, whose chief extravagance is a 12-acre ranch in Fort Worth with a go-cart track. "I plan on making this my life, and I want people to know...
...sport played on flat fields. "In Italy, if it isn't called soccer, it's hard to get a lot of people interested," says Roberto Grissiotto, a Torino sales manager for an auto-safety manufacturer. This, added to a general Italian nonchalance, may help explain the lukewarm start to ticket sales: some 30% of the 1 million tickets were still available a week before the torch was to be lit. The city has had to tap public utility sponsors and hold a special national lottery to make up a $77 million shortfall resulting from cost overruns and lower-than-expected...
Most attendees were law students, but undergraduates made up a significant proportion of the audience according to Law School spokesman Michael A. Armini. Tickets were distributed at both the Law School and the Holyoke Center approximately one month ago, and CNBC producers contacted some student ticket-holders about participating in the “lightning round” before the show...
...caricature, the kind Oscar often rewards, but it's also a great performance. Ledger, his character's emotions so internalized he's nearly made mute by his passion and guilt, would dominate any other year. But in the leading actor categories, I have to go with the Huffman-Hoffman ticket...
...real stretch for Giuliani to get out voters in southern Republican primaries," Richard Murray, head of the University of Houston's Center for Public Policy said. "He has too much baggage to get through the southern primaries." Murray said Giuliani's best shot may be as a "ticket balancer," a moderate vice president to a conservative ticket leader, especially if Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee.If that were the case, and Rudy got to take on the senator from New York, he would feel right at home, no matter where he was stumping for votes...