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Fortune: The elephants of styleupdated: Fri Sep 04 2009 06:11:00

We are always reinventing ourselves. In the beginning, when we are very new, we reach for gravity, adopting silly pinstripes and tight shoes.

People.com: Save the Earth, Go to a Premiere with Leonardo DiCaprio!updated: Wed Apr 15 2009 08:38:00

The eco-activist actor auctions off tickets to the premiere of his next film to help combat climate change

A wonderful challengeupdated: Tue Sep 02 2008 22:16:00

CNN's Anjali Rao talks to billionaire casino tycoon Steve Wynn, about his vast financial empire.

Steve Wynn: Casino mogul moves on Macauupdated: Tue Sep 02 2008 22:16:00

Steve Wynn is a man who not only makes the preposterous possible, but also profitable.

Saved by backyard poolupdated: Wed Oct 31 2007 20:02:00

CNN's Reggie Aqui reports on a California couple who jumped into their pool to escape as a wildfire burned their home.

Fortune: Ask Bing: Feeling underqualified? Fake it.updated: Tue Aug 14 2007 22:04:00

Recently I was offered a position for which I am grossly under qualified. Ridiculously so, in fact. The benefit to me would be a pay raise of approximately 50%.

EW review: A brilliant 'Hoax'updated: Fri Apr 06 2007 12:56:00

The two-bit distortions in "A Million Little Pieces" that landed squirming memoirist James Frey on Oprah Winfrey's couch of shame last year were chump change compared with the million-dollar lies served up by Clifford Irving some 35 years ago.

Fortune: Hollywood, South Pacific-styleupdated: Thu Jun 08 2006 09:07:00

German entrepreneur Michael Gleissner founded an online bookseller long before consumers knew about the Internet, started a web-hosting company ahead of the dot-com crash, and even dabbled in the h...

Money Magazine: Movies That Are on the Moneyupdated: Wed Mar 01 2006 00:01:00

You won't get rich watching movies, but you can learn some valuable financial lessons. After all, money--coveting it, stealing it, losing it--has propelled the plots of countless films over the pas...

Drama in the skiesupdated: Fri Feb 24 2006 13:17:00

Spielberg, Clooney and Witherspoon are all in the running, but one winner you won't see at this year's Academy Awards is the airline industry.

James Ellroyupdated: Fri Feb 03 2006 05:10:00

James Ellroy is arguably America's greatest -- and certainly its most prolific -- crime writer.

It's a knockout for 'Million Dollar Baby'updated: Sun Feb 27 2005 16:45:00

"The Aviator" had more Oscars, but it was "Million Dollar Baby" that scored the knockout punch at the Academy Awards Sunday night.

The Hughes-Hepburn affairupdated: Wed Feb 23 2005 13:12:00

In his day, Howard Hughes was as big a heartthrob as Leonardo DiCaprio, who stars as Hughes in the Oscar-nominated "The Aviator." Hollywood folklore links Hughes with an amazing array of leading ladies, including Bette Davis, Gene Tierney, Rita Hayworth and Ginger Rogers.

CNNMoney: And the Oscar payoff goes to....updated: Tue Jan 25 2005 08:41:00

Maybe Clint Eastwood should have called his latest flick "Ten Million Dollar Baby."

CNNMoney: And the Oscar payoff goes to.....updated: Fri Jan 21 2005 09:22:00

Clint Eastwood might soon be thinking he should have called his latest flick 'Ten Million Dollar Baby.'

'Aviator' lands Golden Globe gloryupdated: Sun Jan 16 2005 18:18:00

The Golden Globes celebrated Hollywood's time-tested veterans and its more youthful side for the 62nd annual edition of the awards show Sunday.

Fortune: HOWARD HUGHES: WORLD'S ODDEST BOSS?updated: Mon Jan 10 2005 00:01:00

THE NEW MARTIN SCORSESE EPIC, The Aviator, portrays Howard Hughes, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, as an eccentric genius. Beating the world record of fastest flight around the globe and buying TWA (u...

CNNMoney: The new job searchupdated: Mon Jan 03 2005 09:52:00

Name 10 ways to find a needle in a haystack. What did "The Great Gatsby'" narrator do for a living? How would you move Mount Fuji?

The 10 best films of 2004updated: Fri Dec 31 2004 11:09:00

Amid all the big hits, sequels and comic-book-inspired capers, one trend ruled the year: the biography film.

Review: 'Aviator' a breathtaking epicupdated: Fri Dec 17 2004 10:48:00

"The Aviator" is the perfect melding of talent and material. Who could be better than director Martin Scorsese to bring the story of Howard Hughes' Hollywood years to the big screen? Scorsese is not only a certified genius in the art of filmmaking, he's also one of the world's foremost film historians.

Hollywood independenceupdated: Thu Dec 16 2004 09:44:00

There's Hollywood, and then there's Hollywood.

showbuzzupdated: Wed Sep 15 2004 13:54:00

Apparently, a couple Bradys didn't own any exercise equipment.

CNNMoney: Las Vegas returns to sinful rootsupdated: Fri May 28 2004 10:12:00

Las Vegas has hit the jackpot by returning to its roots.

Fortune: Plugging Into Hughes Electronics Value managers are betting Rupert Murdoch will make a bundle with DirecTV.updated: Mon Feb 23 2004 00:01:00

The long-running joke about Hughes Electronics (HS, $17), owner of DirecTV, the country's largest satellite-TV service, with 12 million subscribers, was that it was lost in space. Formed in 1932 to...

Fortune: Be Preparedupdated: Mon Nov 18 2002 00:01:00

Due to recent developments of which readers are well aware, the day of the big, bloated CEO who prances around doing whatever he pleases like a rampaging elephant is over, except perhaps for Steve ...

Fortune: Hughes Hasn't Been This Sexy Since... Thanks to DirecTV, its satellite broadcast service, Hughes Electronics updated: Mon Feb 05 2001 00:01:00

Howard Hughes may have been a little mad by the end of his life, but he certainly knew what made the public's juices flow. It wasn't money, though he amassed plenty of that in his varied pursuits, ...

Fortune: Ocean Club A once-glamorous resort tries to recapture that old Bahamian magic.updated: Mon Jan 22 2001 00:01:00

Her fame still fresh from Queen of Outer Space, Zsa Zsa Gabor was the most glamorous guest at Ocean Club's opening in 1962. The party was thrown by A&P heir Huntington Hartford, who wanted to give ...

Fortune: STAR ATTRACTION BACKSTAGE AT THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTELupdated: Mon Oct 27 1997 00:01:00

Katharine Hepburn somersaulted into the pool here; Marilyn Monroe romanced Yves Montand here; Howard Hughes, sitting naked under a light bulb, signed away ownership of TWA here; Neil Simon brought ...

Fortune: WACKO, JUNKIE--AND A GREAT BUSINESSMAN DESPITE ALL HIS ECCENTRICITIES, HOWARD HUGHES LEFT BEHIND A $1 BILLION updated: Mon Oct 13 1997 00:01:00

If Howard Hughes is remembered at all today, he is recalled as a real head case. Perhaps that's not surprising for someone who spent his early years chasing Hollywood actresses and crashing airplan...

Fortune: STOP! DON'T TOUCH THAT GIBLET! NOT UNTIL WE'VE PAUSED FOR A MOMENT TO JOIN BROTHER BING IN GIVING THANKS FOR THE updated: Mon Dec 09 1996 00:01:00

Just look at this table heaped with the fruits of plenty! What a beautiful spread! Doesn't it make your mouth water? Ready to dig in? Well, hold on a minute, brothers and sisters. Bow your heads. L...

Fortune: THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY OFFENSIVE PEOPLE WANT TO GET AHEAD? READ THIS COLUMN.updated: Mon Nov 27 1995 00:01:00

In the real world, the highly successful corporate executives we love usually share certain characteristics. All are hard driving, often at others' expense. All maintain their personal instrument w...

Fortune: THE LOONIEST COMPANY EVER A NEW BIOGRAPHY PAINTS THE MARS CANDY CZARS AS DYSPEPTIC AND DYSFUNCTIONAL. DESPITE IT updated: Mon Nov 27 1995 00:01:00

Ever have one of those days when you think the people you work for are just plain nuts? Relax. If there's one point that Jan Pottker demonstrates in Crisis in Candyland (National Press, $23.95), it...

Fortune: WHY THE FORTUNE 5O CLUB GETS NO RESPECT FROM CONSPIRACY BUFFS THE NATION'S BIGGEST COMPANIES JUST DON'T updated: Mon May 15 1995 00:01:00

Fortune rarely invokes the phrase "Fortune 50." Others use it all the time. In advertising, it denotes the companies that own the world's best brands--Coke and Pepsi, to name two. In banking, the F...

Fortune: WHAT TO READ ON THE BEACH From Clancyland to leCarreville, the Revolutionary War to the latest dirt on Howard Hughes: five alterupdated: Mon Aug 09 1993 00:01:00

Been at the beach just long enough to miss the office? Hanker for some downtown soot in your eye, a bus whose tailpipe perfumes the night with attar of catarrh? Then grab a copy of Scott Turow's fi...

Fortune: PATAGONIA CEO REELS COMPANY INupdated: Mon Dec 14 1992 00:01:00

He fishes, surfs, kayaks, and climbs mountains. But does Yvon Chouinard, 54, know how to run a $117 million company? The founder and owner of Patagonia, maker of top-end outdoorsy wear, recently st...

Fortune: BOSS MANAGEMENT: A GUIDEupdated: Mon May 04 1992 00:01:00

Robert Campeau and Nero -- together, on the same card! What connection could these two possibly have? First, says Stanley Bing, author of Crazy Bosses (William Morrow, $20), both were bosses. Secon...

Fortune: PRODUCTS TO WATCHupdated: Mon Mar 09 1992 00:01:00

STAY-AT-HOME PHONE The reclusive Howard Hughes would have loved it. Now you can pay bills, shop, and order groceries from home with a wave of the light pen that comes with ScanFone by US Order of H...

Fortune: TECHNOLOGY TO WATCH A GREAT PLANE THAT RIDES THE WAVES Moving on an air cushion six feet above water, a weird Russian craft is fupdated: Mon Feb 10 1992 00:01:00

At the height of the Cold War, U.S. intelligence analysts studying spy satellite photos spotted a strange aircraft that appeared to be skimming the surface of the Caspian Sea at 500 mph. Three hund...

Fortune: The Mets take a walk, Yonkers goes exponential, help from Howard Hughes, and other matters. GREAT MOMENTS IN ETHNIC CUISINEupdated: Mon Sep 12 1988 00:01:00

Hispanic inmates who say their jail food is too bland ((have filed)) a lawsuit . . . The suit, brought by attorney Tom F. Maniscalo on behalf of Hispanic inmates at the Orange County Jail, argues t...

Fortune: The Mets take a walk, Yonkers goes exponential, help from Howard Hughes, and other matters. TUCKER'S FOLLIESupdated: Mon Sep 12 1988 00:01:00

The line outside Loews New York Twin on a Sunday afternoon stretches several hundred yards from the theater, soggily testifying to the drawing power of Tucker. Most of those dripping in the 94 degr...

Fortune: The Mets take a walk, Yonkers goes exponential, help from Howard Hughes, and other matters. FLIPPINGupdated: Mon Sep 12 1988 00:01:00

A thought to which this department recurrently returns like a lemming is that big-league baseball resembles the stock market. Both are random walks. Both feature a lot of streaks, and in both cases...

Fortune: The Mets take a walk, Yonkers goes exponential, help from Howard Hughes, and other matters. ONLY IN AMERICAupdated: Mon Sep 12 1988 00:01:00

LOS ANGELES -- Anthony Flacco says his legal victory in gaining entry to the Women Only health club will benefit both sexes. ''The gains made in civil rights are for everybody, not just women,'' Fl...

Fortune: The Mets take a walk, Yonkers goes exponential, help from Howard Hughes, and other matters. SANDBAGGED IN YONKERSupdated: Mon Sep 12 1988 00:01:00

The first thing we learn from the great confrontation in Yonkers is the awesome power of geometric progression. When federal district judge Leonard B. Sand found the city of Yonkers in contempt of ...

Fortune: MEMOIRS OF AN ICBM PIONEER Simon Ramo broke with Howard Hughes, then built TRW, the company that developed the U.S. missile. He updated: Mon Apr 25 1988 00:01:00

Simon Ramo, 74, is one of the elder statesmen of U.S. high technology. He was a co-founder of two FORTUNE 500 companies. One of them was TRW, an enormously successful defense electronics concern th...

Fortune: FORTUNE Magazine contents page APRIL 25, 1988 VOL. 177, NO. 9 updated: Mon Apr 25 1988 00:01:00

MANAGING

Money Magazine: WHAT DID WE KNOW AND WHEN DID WE KNOW IT? A fond look back at 15 years of personal finance WHATEVER HAPPENED TO . updated: Mon Oct 12 1987 00:01:00

Albert Lowry. The onetime king of no-money-down real estate investing wrote the 1980 bestseller How You Can Become Financially Independent by Investing in Real Estate, but he made much of his money...

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