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Arnold Schwarzenegger's gubernatorial campaign opened with a blast worthy of Terminator 3, with the leading man muscling to the front of the pack even as he stayed largely out of sight in his first full week as a politician. He also added a supporting actor: Rob Lowe, of West Wing fame, who signed on to coordinate celebrity endorsements and other duties. But holding an audience for two months, as opposed to two hours, is a new challenge for the actor. That's why his team is working behind the scenes to build a brain trust and an agenda that...
...what, precisely, would Schwarzenomics look like? Those who have talked to the actor say he has assured them that he adamantly opposes tax hikes. Economist Art Laffer--famous for a cocktail-napkin scribbling that became the basis for supply-side economics--is one of those whose advice the actor has sought. Laffer says Schwarzenegger told him, "I am the tax terminator." Although Laffer, a flat-tax advocate, has not formally joined the team, he may be asked to develop ideas for long-term tax reform. Others being consulted include former presidential candidate Steve Forbes and Michael Boskin, the Stanford University...
...family song-and-dance act--Hines, Hines & Dad--and went on to star in a multitude of media: as singer (combining for duets with Luther Vandross), as movie star (swapping moves with Mikhail Baryshnikov in White Nights, cracking wise with Billy Crystal in Running Scared), as TV actor (playing '30s tap master Bill Robinson in Bojangles) and as Tony-winning Broadway headliner (in Jelly's Last Jam). His greatest gift, however, was in his feet, which hit the amplified floor like Chinese firecrackers, broke from standard 4/4 time into daring sprung rhythms and inspired Savion Glover and the new breed...
...blame for the breakdown will inevitably land at Abbas's door - the Bush Administration and Sharon will chide him for failing to find the political will to act against terrorism; the Palestinians will chide him for being duped by them. But the problem may lie not only with the actor, but with the script: The "roadmap" has not changed the salient reality for the Israelis, which is that terrorists with no interest in a peace process can, at will, exercise the option of killing Israeli children on the streets of Israeli cities. Nor has it changed the salient reality...
...next two hours of your life. Filled out with reminiscences from every B-list celeb who ever came within 50 yds. of a VH1 camera (Ed's Michael Ian Black, Good Day Live's Jillian Barberie, porn star Ron Jeremy), it's a bit skimpy on analysis. (Here's "actor-comedian" Mitch Silpa on Carol Burnett's Tarzan yell: "Her Tarzan yell was great.") But you could argue, say, that the mainstream success of Cheech and Chong's drug comedy Up in Smoke, which VH1 lauds but IFC ignores, says more about the '70s' anything-goes Zeitgeist than McCabe...