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English blames the season's retooling frenzy on the narrow-mindedness of network executives, who she says often feel their job is done once they secure the services of an onscreen superstar for a show. "You have to have a great star," she explains, "but you also need a great concept and really good writers. People were paying more attention to getting stars than other things, and they found out later that no person or group of people can carry a show alone. If you don't deliver with that first episode, audiences won't come back, no matter...
...wire fence surrounding the Olympic Village and burst into the apartments housing the Israeli contingent--fatally shooting two athletes before taking hostage nine more. Much of the excruciating and often surreal 20-hour stalemate that followed was played out live on television, an eerie prelude to last week's onscreen horror...
Although summer is when the concert business usually generates much of its revenues, so far this season ticket sales are just O.K. With the movie industry anticipating record box-office grosses, onstage performers face some serious competition from the spectacular events taking place onscreen. Says Rob Light, a senior agent with the Creative Artists Agency, which is booking this year's H.O.R.D.E. music festival: "I don't think any of us anticipated how strong the movie summer would be, which always takes away entertainment dollars." And it was already a weak year. According to the trade magazine Pollstar, over...
...Virtual Desktop: A 3-D start-up screen offers access to the Net or programs--all while hyping the latest Sony merchandise with onscreen...
...itself is nothing special. A dog sits holding a diploma in its mouth over a subtitle reading, "Obedience school graduate." Then a second dog trots onscreen, proudly bearing a purple-velvet pouch with a bottle of Crown Royal whiskey inside. "Valedictorian," reads the subtitle. Typical, right...