saturday, august 28, 2010 THE STYLE INVITATIONAL
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1 rally, 3 channels and many paths
by Paul Farhi
Where you stand on the news of the day often depends on where you sit. In the case of Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally on the Mall on Saturday, the three cable news networks have taken decidedly different paths to covering the event. Fox News, MSNBC and CNN all
say they will treat Beck’s rally in front of the Lin- coln Memorial like any other newsworthy event. All three net- works have assigned re- porters and camera crews to monitor speeches by Beck, for- mer Alaska governor Sarah Palin (R) and oth- er dignitaries in what is being billed as a “nonpolitical” rally. Beck has drawn criticism for scheduling on the same date and in the same location as Mar- tin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, although he has said the timing is accidental. But in the days leading up to
Glenn Beck
Fox News and the rally only once as of Friday evening. On the eve of the rally Friday night, CNN aired an interview of Al Sharpton by talk-show host John King in which Sharpton criticized Beck for saying he’s “reclaiming the civil rights movement.” On the same day as Beck’s event, Sharp- ton has organized another rally in Washington to honor King. MSNBC has made numerous references to Beck and to Fox, though usually in disparaging fashion. One host, Cenk Uygur, while substituting for Ed Schultz, called the rally “ridiculous” and an “ego trip” and branded Beck “a bad guy.” MSNBC host Keith Ol- bermann has been par- ticularly aggressive, ask-
ing one guest on Thursday, “Are we expecting to see [Beck] part the Reflecting Pool?” Fox News says that it has no of-
the rally, the three networks have looked at the same story very dif- ferently. One important factor may be that Beck is a popular Fox News host, and that the rally’s star attraction, Palin, happens to be a Fox News contributor. Over the past month, CNN has mentioned Beck’s connection to
ficial connection to the demon- stration, explaining that Beck has organized it separately from his duties as a weekday host. Still, the network’s tone has been much more friendly when it comes to the rally. In addition to dozens of mentions of it on his own show, Beck has appeared on “Fox and Friends,” the network’s morning program, and on Bill
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“It’s easy to just throw up your hands and walk away,
As true-blue getaway, Vineyard bears fruit
by Jason Horowitz
On Sunday at 10:15 a.m., Presi- dent Obama and his family will leave Martha’s Vineyard after 10 days of vacation. During his stay, the president put on a bike hel- met and rode through the Manu- el F. Correllus State Forest. He waited out the stormy weather with games of Scrabble with friends and trips to the town bookstore with the family. He played golf. And then some more golf. For the most part, his public appearances were limited to the links, where, for security purpos- es, he had to book not only his own tee time, but the ones before and after. None of these recreations —
biking, board games, golfing — are unique to Martha’s Vineyard. And yet, the 87.5-square-mile is- land, with its Atlantic breezes, untrammeled dunes and small- town charm has established itself as the official getaway destina- tion for Democratic presidents. What’s the draw for Demo- crats? Why “the Vineyard”?
“He enjoys the people and the beautiful place itself,” said Bill Burton, a spokesman for the president. “There is great food, and it’s a comfortable place with a lot of families with kids.” And for any president without pedigree, comfort you can rent! Unlike George W. Bush, and
George H.W. Bush before him, and Ronald Reagan before him, Bill Clinton and Obama came to office without expansive bank ac- counts and fabulous family com- pounds.
According to the Martha’s
Vineyard Gazette, which has painstakingly covered the presi- dent’s every move (Wednesday’s dispatch: “Mr. Fitzgerald asked how the President’s own game had gone. Mr. Obama said he had shot a bogey round.”), the houses similar to the Blue Heron Farm, where the Obamas have stayed, rent for about $35,000 to $50,000 per week. That’s steep. But it’s also a lot cheaper than buying and maintaining a multi- million-dollar ranch or home by
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Handsomereturns I
by Vanessa Williams
dris Elba, looking as cool and virile as the fic- tional Baltimore drug lord whom he so memo- rably played on the acclaimed HBO series “The Wire,” winces at the mention of the s-word. “Sexy?” he repeats, shifting in his chair and wrinkling his brow in a convincing display of mild discomfort. “I’m a little sheepish about it. Whenever I meet fans and they’re like, ‘Oh, you’re so sexy,’ I just don’t get that. There’s no
way one man can be universally sexy.” It’s a good answer, because had he said, “Hell, yeah, I’m
sexy!” even in that cute British accent of his, it wouldn’t at all jibe with the image of the sensually serious man whose face these days is all over magazine covers and television and movie screens. Right now, Elba’s career as an actor also is hot. And that is something he is not only comfortable with,
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DOWN TIME: President Obama bikes with daughter Malia on Martha’s Vineyard, where the Obamas, like the Clintons, have gone.
but eager to talk about. Elba, through the character of Russell “Stringer” Bell, seduced a loyal following that crossed race, class and gender lines. He also has been the most successful acting alumnus of the series, appearing in a number of movies, such as “American Gangster” with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, and several epi- sodes of the TV sitcom “The Office.”
His latest project, “Takers,” a heist flick starring the
rapper T.I., Chris Brown and Matt Dillon, opened Friday. Once again, Elba plays a cerebral criminal, the head of a high-tech, high-class ring of thieves who rob banks for big bucks. He is also back on premium cable TV, in a recurring role in Showtime’s new series “The Big C,” starring Laura Linney. He will play a love interest of her character, an uptight suburban homemaker who decides to let loose af- ter learning she has terminal cancer. And last year, he was praised in England for his starring role in a new BBC cop drama, “Luther,” which U.S. fans will get to see later this year on BBC America. One morning this month, after a night out for a screen- ing of the new movie and an after-party at Eden night- club in downtown Washington, Elba’s aura was a bit dim. Still, he was cordial, engaging and thoughtful during a chat in a suite at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, even
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