Even the SnagAJob.com people were assuming that “men were more absorbed in fantasy football and YouTube videos” than matchmaking, says Cathy McCarthy, senior vice president of marketing. She also points out that a generational factor may be at play, as younger men were more likely to say they had played Mr. Cupid. Specifically, 32 percent [...]
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Bed sheet (movie unknown)
In a case of DVD-PTSD, I’ve blocked from my mind many mindless films that swamped my Halloween like stoned ghouls. One included a bedsheet and instructions for making a ghost costume. (You cut holes out for eyes, I think.) And I thought you turned into a zombie after watching the DVDs.
Michael [...]
In actuality, the snow has been a boon for the production of ” Humboldt Park,” which films through March in its namesake neighborhood.
“That’s the one thing we were worried about was the snow,” Rodriguez said. “When the snow was coming down, we were cheering because it’s exactly what we needed.”
Rodriguez, a Bucktown native, stars as [...]
“That’s how it goes sometimes,” he says in that nasal, slightly rushed voice that 1.7 million listeners tune into weekly. “There’s this plan, this sudden inspiration, this dream. And then reality kicks in.”
With exquisite–but unscripted–timing, a man taking his dog for a walk strolls behind the desk.
CUT!
Glass and television director Christopher Wilcha burst out laughing [...]
A trial by fire–this was a subject Rev. William Martin could tell you all about.
He was born on June 12, 1960, the fourth child in an impoverished Woodlawn household that soon swelled to seven kids–four girls and three boys. In a family fond of nicknames, he was called Sputnik, after the Soviet satellite that [...]
Scholastic Inc., Rowling’s American publishers, have announced they will print a record 12 million copies of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” for release July 21. Meanwhile, PotterWatch readers sent in plenty of theories about the part they expect Harry’s headmaster and mentor, Albus Dumbledore, to play in the final book.
“I hate to be pessimistic, [...]
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As Oscar races go, this one’s been about as unusual as you could possibly imagine.
To begin with, the awards season was spent speculating not so much about who would win, but whether the 80th annual Academy Awards would proceed in its traditional three hour-plus star-studded telecast format given the writers’ [...]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The integrity of “American Idol” as a contest for raw, undiscovered talent was called into question again after an Irish singer who once had a major-label deal, and solo album that flopped, advanced to the top rung of the competition this week.
Dublin native Carly Smithson, who formerly recorded for MCA Records [...]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A lack of major orders at the Singapore Airshow could point to a deeper than predicted cyclical downturn for planemakers already smarting from delivery delays on new aircraft.
Manufacturers expect fewer orders in 2008, as the industry comes off a record year for sales and enters a period of ramped up production. Airbus [...]
By Cyntia Barrera Diaz
MEXICO CITY, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Mexico’s Televisa sees
meager revenue growth for its core television broadcasting
business this year as it awaits a key ruling from a U.S. court
that could free it to sell content to whoever it wants.
Televisa (TV.N: Quote, Profile, Research) (TLVACPO.MX: Quote, Profile, Research), known around the [...]
