Word: wilkinson
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...creation and premiere of Romeo and Juliet. It peoples the London of 1593 with the usual suspects--Christopher Marlowe (crafty Rupert Everett), Queen Elizabeth (Judi Dench, a sly dominatrix)--and some ageless show-biz types: the poverty-pleading producer (Geoffrey Rush), the backer with a lust for limelight (Tom Wilkinson). Director John Madden works in jokes about profit sharing and credit hogging, and a climax in which the real star steps in for an indisposed leading lady...
Thomas (aka J.T.T.), better known as Randy on the hit sitcom "Home Improvement," plays Jake Wilkinson, a collegiate Scrooge who divides his time between wooing his girlfriend Allie (Jessica Biel) and running a fake ID service. Because he would rather stay in California than go home to New York for the holidays, our hero's father (Gary Cole) promises him a Porsche (!) if he makes it home by 6 p.m. on Christmas Day. This is a prospect Jake finds too tempting to pass up. Jake's business, however, botches one too many assignments, and some unhappy customers toss him into...
...idea goes back 11 years, to an obscure candidate for Governor of Kentucky named Wallace Wilkinson and his then obscure political consultant, James Carville. Wilkinson was going nowhere, badly trailing his better-known opponents in the Democratic primary. Then, in a debate in Louisville, he proposed instituting a lottery and using the money for education. The next day his wife returned from a day of campaigning and reported that everywhere she went, people told her they loved the idea. Wilkinson went on to win, closing his campaign with a commercial that showed a crowd chanting, "Taxes, no! Lottery, yes!" Carville...
Look out, LeAnn Rimes: a couple of kids are gaining on you. Amanda Wilkinson, 16, and brother Tyler, 14, are two-thirds of this Canadian country trio. Dad Steve sings harmony and co-wrote many of the tunes, which echo the sweet simplicity of Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers. Don't I Have a Heart gives a nice airing to Tyler's pubescent fretfulness, a mix of bravado and bafflement ("I don't have a clue,/ But don't I have a heart?"). And Amanda is the true vocal goods--her precocious alto dusky and authoritative--plus, she yodels...
Millions of other Americans are getting bitten as well and, like Wilkinson, are poring over courthouse documents, library books and archives in search of their heritage. A 1995 study by Maritz Marketing Research found that 45% of adults in the U.S. declared they were at least somewhat interested in genealogy, and of those ages 45 to 64, half were actively pursuing it in some...