Postcards
Power Point: It's all about the hair
November 13, 2009: 6:00 PM ET"The hair is 75 percent of my performance."
-- Actor Robert Pattinson, who stars as vampire heartthrob Edward Cullen in the screen version of the literary sensation, Twilight. In a Q&A in the current issue of Entertainment Weekly, Pattinson says that for New Moon, the franchise's second installment, he told the filmmakers, "Listen, I need to tone down the hair. Let's make it a little more real, a little bit more...Method."
Pattison's not the only one who understands the power of hair. Pattie has also written about the speculation over how business leaders part their tresses. You can check out Pattinson's "do" when New Moon hits theaters next Friday. --Jessica Shambora
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Nothin' good from the 'Net
"I'm a guy who doesn't see anything good having come from the Internet."
Have you seen this quote floating around the web? Michael Lynton, who co-heads Sony's (SNE) movie business with Amy Pascal, said it yesterday morning during a panel discussion sposored by Syracuse U's Newhouse School and the New Yorker. I was there, and I have to say, it was one of the most lively discussions I've seen in this series of MORE
Patricia Sellers - May 15, 2009 3:57 PM ET -
Power Point: It's never too late to start over
"For what it's worth, it's never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be...I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that stop you. I hope you feel things that you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life that you're proud of and if you MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Jan 23, 2009 6:55 PM ETPosted in: academy awards, entertainment, movies, oscars, Paramount Pictures, Postcards, Power Point, Viacom, Warner Brothers
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Fortune senior editor at large Pattie Sellers has written some of Fortune's most talked-about cover stories, including "Marissa Mayer: Ready to Rumble at Yahoo," "Oprah's Next Act," "Can Meg Whitman Save California?" "The $100 Billion Woman" (Melinda Gates), and "Remodeling Martha" (Martha Stewart). She has helped oversee Fortune's "Most Powerful Women in Business" package every year since its launch in 1998. Pattie is Executive Director of the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, the preeminent gathering of women leaders in business and beyond. She oversees MPW programs that enable women leaders to extend their influence and empower the next generation—such as Fortune MPW Entrepreneurs and the Fortune-U.S. State Department Global Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership. Beyond her Fortune duties, she is also developing Live Content across Time Inc. Pattie grew up in Allentown, PA, graduated from the University of Virginia, and started at Fortune in 1984. Her blog, Postcards, is about how power players lead, manage others, and navigate their careers.
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