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...also the foundation of a privately owned cable empire that generates $2 billion a year in revenue and includes channels like TLC (formally the Learning Channel), with its hit show Trading Spaces; Animal Planet, featuring The Crocodile Hunter; the Travel Channel; and Discovery Health, whose weight-loss face-off Body Challenge has become...
...next morning he died of complications from heatstroke. The story may have ended there--a private tragedy for Bechler's family, including his pregnant wife. But Dr. Joshua Perper, the medical examiner who autopsied Bechler, used the righthander's death to call for a crusade. After finding a weight-loss supplement in Bechler's stomach, Perper held a press conference and urged Major League Baseball to ban ephedra, a controversial herb found in the supplement that is similar to amphetamines. Even before the funeral, many in the baseball world--sports columnists, team physicians, franchise owners--were echoing Perper, asking...
...Scotti wasn't feeling quite as agile as he wanted to be. So like more and more fitness-conscious Americans, he joined a gym, diligently showing up five times a week for a circuit-training regimen that included a cardio workout on the cross trainer, push-ups, crunches and weight training to target his biceps, triceps and quads. Now, Scotti says, "I've definitely gotten faster and a lot more limber." An added benefit is that it makes his mom happy...
...winning novel is unapologetically Oscar bait, a solemn, century-spanning “what is life?” treatise backed by a triumvirate of A-list actresses (Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore) and directed by Billy Elliot vet Stephen Daldry. Yet for a film of its ostensible weight, The Hours certainly takes easy shots at its lead trio—three colossally boring straw women who rediscover their lost vitality in drearily obvious ways as the picture progresses. Perhaps The Hours’ greatest value rests in its side-by-side comparison of Moore, the greatest actress...
...content and in the end still find a creation with layers yet to be explored. As I move throughout a day in my life here, I see two possible routes of action; I can worry about the workload ahead of me and resign myself to sink beneath the weight of academia, or I can continue this musical exploration and consider each bump or highlight along the way part of my journey. I know how I’d rather live, and it starts every morning when I wake...