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Last Sunday, 1998 Olympian Dan Weinstein '03 captured a gold medal as part of the U.S. Men's 5000-meter Relay Team at the Short Track Speed Skating World Championships in Chonju, South Korea. It was the U.S.'s first relay gold in 25 years, when the U.S. won the inaugural 1976 championships in Champaign, Illinois...
Along with teammates Apolo Anton Ohno (Seattle, WA), Ron Biondo (Broadview Heights, Ohio), and Rusty Smith (Sunset Beach, Calif.), Weinstein grabbed the 5000-meter relay final in a time of seven minutes 15.885 seconds...
...relay gold was not expected," Weinstein said. "Canada has won almost every World Cup relay this year, and when they got tangled in traffic during the race, we capitalized...
...intermingling is simple. One never knows when the informal bond that arises will pay off. Spacey may have a "vanity project" (the industry term for a quirky idea driven by a star's passion or ego) turned down by other studios. Attending parties and schmoozing with Miramax honcho Harvey Weinstein lays in place a rapport that might one day be turned to advantage. For Miramax the transaction is equally simple. Spacey and others like him attract the hip-erati. Put another way, Spacey is a chic magnet...
...center of the ballroom sits Miramax co-chair Harvey Weinstein. In his speech from the stage he ruefully acknowledges that the company will probably have an empty-handed Oscar night for the first time in many years. But he rejects the view that Miramax had gone gooey with "Chocolat." "Wait till you see the first few minutes of "Gangs of New York?" he teases, referring to the long-awaited Martin Scorsese movie, which has been shooting in Italy. This is vintage Weinstein. He turns this year's Oscar disappointment into next year's Oscar anticipation. He is part Louis...