NEWS LITE : MAKING ADS NOBODY HERE WILL SEE.Most A-list stars tend to snub the American advertising industry big time. They won't sell their names for anything. But overseas is a different story. Why? The money, honey. Entertainment Weekly says Harrison Ford got a reported $2 million to pitch Japanese beer; Woody Allen Noun 1. Woody Allen - United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-) Allen Stewart Konigsberg, Allen directed ads for the Italian supermart Coop for about $1.5 million; Shannen Doherty Shannen Maria Doherty (born April 12, 1971) is an American actress and television director, perhaps best known for her work as Heather Duke in Heathers, as Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 and as Prue Halliwell in Charmed. got a nifty $250,000 for cosmetic ads in Korea; Brooke Shields Brooke Christa Camille Shields[1] (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and supermodel. Biography Career Shields' career as a model began in the late 1960s as an infant, and she continued as a successful child model throughout the 1970s. hawked a vitamin drink; Charlie Sheen Charles Irwin Sheen (born September 3, 1965) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy-nominated American actor. Biography Early life Sheen was born Carlos Irwin Estevez , air conditioners; Mel Gibson Noun 1. Mel Gibson - Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956) Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Gibson U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. , Japanese cars; Brad Pitt, Hondas; Kim Basinger, vitamin shampoo in Korea; Jodie Foster Alicia Christian Foster (born November 19 1962), better known as Jodie Foster, is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, director, and producer. She has also won two Golden Globes, 3 BAFTA awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, making her one of the few select , Keri skin-care products and the Honda Civic for Japan; Richard Gere, Cardnal suits for Korea; Paul Newman, Rolex, Japan; Sharon Stone, Vernal vernal /ver·nal/ (ver´n'l) pertaining to or occurring in the spring. skin care, Japan; Vanessa Williams, Sedes painkillers, Japan. Actor Dennis Hopper, used in a Japanese commercial for Tsumura Bathclin bath products, says in the mag, ``I couldn't believe the money they were paying me. If I could do one of these every year, I could retire.'' These fish bad as gold The picturesque lake in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn is being overrun by horrible beasts from the deep: goldfish. Apparently many goldfish owners, bored with their little pets, have dumped the fish in Lake Ellyn. Now the lake, which was goldfish-less five years ago, has 350,000 of the fast-reproducing fish - some more than a foot long, Glen Ellyn Park District officials say. The problem is that the goldfish stir up silt when they feed on the bottom of the lake. Predators then have trouble finding and eating the goldfish, so good game fish like large-mouth bass are disappearing. The cloudy water also keeps shoreline plants from growing. The Park District estimates that it will cost $200,000 to $300,000 to get rid of the goldfish. Relay keeps marathoner moving Andrea Mitchell's stated goal for Sunday's New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Marathon - her first - was to finish. She did, despite straining a hamstring and stopping briefly to call a friend from a pay phone to bring her a brace and anti-inflammatory cream at a mile marker. Her time, 5 hours, 19 minutes, 37 seconds, was good enough for 24,783rd place out of 28,074 runners. Tossing around ideas for baseball Jim Barracca, who caught the home run ball by the youngest player ever to hit one in a World Series - Atlanta's Andruw Jones, 19-1/2 - is torn over whether to give it to the Baseball Hall of Fame or sell it to finance schooling. ``It's tough,'' says the Long Island hotel manager. ``If it pays for my (four) kids' education, that's great. If it goes to the Hall of Fame, that's great.'' For the moment, the ball, which collectors say could fetch $50,000 to $100,000, is in a safe. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Blooming business Mannequins greet shoppers near the front entrance of the Bloomingdale's department store, which opened to overflowing crowds at the Stanford Shopping Center Stanford Shopping Center is an upscale shopping mall located on El Camino Real at Sand Hill Road in Palo Alto, California. It is adjacent to the Stanford University campus and the underlying land is owned by the university. in Palo Alto on Friday. Associated Press |
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