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...trying to break the bank. But the era of the action star is long gone, and despite Van Damme’s prolific career over the last two decades, the Muscles from Brussels hasn’t made a memorable flick since his too-cool-to-be-cool turn as Guile in the movie version of popular 90s video game “Street Fighter.” “JCVD” is like nothing anyone could have expected from Van Damme. A brilliantly entertaining confessional, the movie is the self-deprecating, self-referential drama-comedy that...
...Live, a show now enjoying a post-election bout of cultural relevance. Likewise, Will.i.am’s recent Grammy night performance was directly followed by a highly coordinated Pepsi advertising tie-in, in which the new slogan “Every generation refreshes the world. Now its your turn.” bookended a short video that both analogized our time to the 1960s and unashamedly compared Bob Dylan to Will.i.am, the YouTube star who occasionally raps.So today, as Pepsi gives us a new image and a new declaration, I’m moved to ask: our turn...
...very different ways, just as they have on the stimulus negotiations. Snowe, a senior member of the Finance Committee, worked on the tax provisions; Collins, recently named to the Appropriations Committee, focused on spending. Collins, who voted for the George W. Bush tax cuts, is a half-turn more conservative than senior Senator Snowe, who did not. Both women are accomplished fund-raisers - and widely popular at home...
...this Down East independence does not exactly thrill their colleagues on the GOP side of the Senate chamber. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham noted that Collins' negotiating skills helped turn an $819 billion House bill into an $838 billion version in the Senate. "I like them both," he told the New York Times, "but I wouldn't want them...
...science professor at Georgetown University. "The GOP is gambling here that the stimulus does not work, and they can make big gains in 2010. Given the sticky economy, that is certainly a possibility," Wilcox said. "But all it took for Ronald Reagan in 1984 was for the economy to turn the corner, and he was re-elected easily...