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...products, not just brand names, into syndicated and prime-time programming. PVI is already negotiating with TNT (owned by TIME's parent, AOL Time Warner) and Studios USA to do virtual product placements on reruns of Law and Order this fall. A Coke machine could appear in the precinct background, or a Saltines box could sit on the D.A.'s desk...
After some background research, Murphy met with Minuto and his parents and told him that Minuto “had a place” on this fall’s football team as a wide receiver and that assistant coach Bruce Tall explained to the family that the team had gained permission from the admissions office to offer Minuto a spot at Harvard...
DIED. CHICO O'FARRILL, 79, composer, arranger and one of the creators of Afro-Cuban jazz; in New York City. Arturo O'Farrill, nicknamed Chico by Benny Goodman, spent most of his decades-long career in the background, writing and arranging music for the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie, and even other arrangers, such as Quincy Jones. In 1950 bandleader Machito recorded O'Farrill's first major composition, The Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite. In the late 1990s O'Farrill headlined his 18-piece big band, making weekly appearances at the Birdland club in New York City...
Data brokers insist they are doing necessary work, providing background information to employers, creditors and other people who legitimately need it. But many sell Social Security numbers and private financial information to anyone willing to pay their fees. Often they are the first stop for identity thieves and stalkers...
...began developing software to turn the video game Final Fantasy into a movie four years ago. "We have a couple of generations now that have grown up with gaming. Kids are used to living in a 360[degree] digital universe, and they don't necessarily accept a flat background...