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...many people read production credits? Despite being nominated for 34 Grammys and winning 12 during a 24-year career as a keyboard player, songwriter and producer, the Canadian-born Foster, 44, is almost unknown outside the music business. Recording artists, though, know he's a studio wizard who jump-starts stalled acts and lifts successful ones to new heights. No wonder Michael Jackson, whose image and career are shaky as never before, has turned to Foster, who's producing songs for the King of Pop's next album...
Jeff Daniels provides some balance as Travens' older, slightly more jaded partner, Harry. He can act like a nut, but ask him a question about a bomb and suddenly he's Mr. Wizard, spouting off details about detonation wires and weird timers. He seems to be in constant analysis mode. And the gear the LAPD folks wear is really cool--black and futuristic, a cross between battle armor and the suits in "Dune." They look like they can handle anything...
...small band of technical wizard toil inside Harvard Arts and Sciences computer Services (HASCS). But the University has failed to provide the resources necessary to meet the heavy demands placed on the organization. The results: staff shortages, budget constraints and low morale...
...example, take affirmative action. There are many rational arguments against it; those arguments are rational no matter who says them. But I would look very differently on those same arguments if they were presented by a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan rather than by Shelby Steele...
...cartoony for drama. Whereas His Girl Friday ran its gags on the fast track, The Paper often slows down to lend its galaxy of star types (Robert Duvall, Jason Alexander) a hint of dimension to their roles. But these subplots aren't much more sophisticated than those in The Wizard of Oz: Duvall gets a heart, Close a brain, Keaton courage. Tomei gets a baby -- and gets left...