Word: warner
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...Associated Press called overwhelming gubernatorial victories for both Mark Warner, the Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia, and New Jersey Democrat Jim McGreevey. Each campaign showcased candidates trying in their own way to reckon with the terrible after-effects of the September 11th terrorist attacks...
...flew to London and saw the film two weeks ago, before any critics (including TIME's) were allowed to see and review it. Now it can be told: with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone--the first film in what Warner Bros. hopes will be a long and profitable franchise--director Chris Columbus has bravely gone toe to toe with the imaginations of readers who have purchased 100 million Potter books and made the boy wizard one of the most beloved figures in literary history. (The author, once a struggling single mom in Edinburgh, Scotland, has become an international...
...movies, Bicentennial Man and Stepmom. But he also had two Home Alone movies to his credit, which meant that he knew how to work with child actors. Another plus: earlier in his career, as a screenwriter, Columbus penned the wickedly subversive action comedy Gremlins, which was a hit for Warner Bros. in 1984. Columbus admits that as a director, "I was going down this soft, sentimental road...I'm the guy who wrote Gremlins. I tried to find something after I finished [Bicentennial Man] that would go back to that [Gremlins] area." Despite his A-list status in Hollywood, Columbus...
...latest polls give Democrat Mark Warner a very slight edge over Republican Mark Earley. In this race the Republicans hold the experience card; Earley is a former state attorney general, who warns that a Democratic governor will bring a tax hike. An old-fashioned Republican in an old-fashioned Republican state, Earley often shows up for campaign appearances wearing a business suit and cowboy boots...
...Warner, a wealthy businessman with no previous time in office, is hoping Virginia voters will pin blame for the state?s financial woes on the current GOP leadership. Conscious of the state?s center-right sensibilities, Warner has tailored his message carefully - emphasizing, for example, his support of gun rights. The tactic appears to be working; several local GOP leaders have crossed party lines to endorse the Democrat...