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Indeed, at the urgings of the D.C. community boards who have reviewed their work so far, the architects have made plans to add a 'cultural landscape historian' to their team...
...movies are the most powerful sphere of influence in modern America. A watershed moment came Wednesday, when NAACP leader Kweisi Mfume shook hands with NBC president Bob Wright on a comprehensive plan for NBC to hire more minorities in its creative, production and business divisions. Most notably, NBC will add a minority writer to each show entering at least its second year next fall, a move the network says will lead to the inclusion of more minority characters...
...This is familiar territory for Fox, which got into a well-publicized standoff with New York City's Time Warner Cable (which, like TIME Online, is owned by Time Warner), prompting Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to demand that Time Warner add two Fox channels. But the effectiveness of the networks' tactics is uncertain. Some industry analysts say Fox could force Cox's hand by prompting local residents to switch to satellite service. Cable's defenders argue that once cable companies package telephone and Internet services, which is already beginning to happen, these tactics will be less effective, since consumers will...
...Lopez professionally. Says Variety editor Peter Bart: "So many actors today have such a bland demeanor. A slightly dangerous rep might help, or even enhance, her career." As for Combs, who has proclaimed his innocence, his latest CD, Forever, hasn't sold well, and these new legal hassles only add to his worries. Just last April, Combs was arrested for assaulting a record executive, a matter he settled with a plea bargain, a payout and a day in anger-management class. He is due in court to face the new charges...
GONE TO POT Here's a downside to getting high. A new report suggests that smoking marijuana once a day for several years may more than double the risk of developing throat and neck cancers. Add cigarette smoking, and the odds shoot up 36-fold. Turns out the time between smoking dope and cancer is about 30 years. So if you're a baby boomer who inhaled in the '60s, start getting regular checkups...