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...TRAINSPOTTING The Scottish slackers of Irvine Welsh's novel are even grungier and sadder in Harry Gibson's stage adaptation than they were onscreen. The off-Broadway production is rather stripped down, but rich dialogue and fine acting turn it into a memorable trip to the lower depths. Including that infamous toilet bowl...
What started in the stadiums is creeping into your cash machine. Four Chicago banks are experimenting with filling those few seconds while a transaction is being processed--seconds, you might argue, that don't strictly need filling--with onscreen commercial loops. Will they influence your purchasing decisions? Perhaps. But how likely would you be to buy a product when your ATM erases any record of your deposit because it's paying more attention to showing you a dreamy, slo-mo image of a new car slaloming through racing cones than it is to processing your transaction...
...used its market share in an appropriate way," says TIME correspondent Adam Cohen. "The video testimony hurt Microsoft because it presented their CEO in an unflattering light -- the government wanted to paint Gates as an unsympathetic character, and for that purpose there's nothing like having him up onscreen doing things the audience can evaluate...
When first meeting her, you quickly learn two things about Shannen Doherty. One, her face is more symmetrical in person than it is onscreen. And two, if you visit the set of her new WB series Charmed and happen to sit in the canvas director-style chair with her name stenciled on the back, she won't punch you in the face or break a beer bottle over your head when she finds you there. In truth, she's perfectly gracious and nonvolatile. Is there anything more you really wanted to know on the subject...
...software giant's CEO was directly in its line of fire. Blown up on larger-than-life monitors, Bill Gates was shown giving testimony about his 1995 dealings with Netscape that directly contradicted memos he wrote at the time. "I had no sense of what Netscape was doing," the onscreen Gates said innocently; meanwhile, his on-paper counterpart was feverishly plotting to "buy some piece of them or something...