said Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University. ''If they could have shown Martha the way they show the participants -- to their vast disadvantage -- people would have loved it. |
she said. ''I like her products, her magazine, and her show. Yes, we all know she's probably a [expletive] in real life, but aren't we all? I liked getting inside information on her. I liked having her daughter there. It was fun to watch. I'm bummed that it's over. |
(She) also (said) that she wanted me to be one of the first guests on her show. |
(The contestants are) going to get real business lessons, real business advice and, day in and day out, tasks that are difficult and challenging and they're going to be aware of what it takes to be an apprentice at Martha Stewart Living. |
[A blend of talk and tips, celebrity guests and] real people, ... We're doing a show about doing things. |
[At the same time, company officials at the lifestyle media and merchandising giant announced a series of changes that indicate they are backing off the Martha Stewart name to focus on non-eponymous products. Everyday Food, a monthly magazine whose circulation has risen 50 percent in the year since it was launched, will no longer carry the tag line] From the Kitchens of Martha Stewart Living. ... Living. |
[He also considered how his sentence on] a young, black woman entertainer ... an older white woman entertainer. |
[In an open letter that appears in the front of the book, editor-in-chief Margaret Roach reminds readers that September means change, which] though necessary and often a sign of new growth, isn't always comfortable. ... attend to her personal legal matters. |
[Is this the same old Martha or a new and improved Martha?] You can say 'new and improved' if you want, ... But I don't think there was anything quite wrong with the old one. |
[NEW YORK --] This one, ... this is the one I want. |
[NEW YORK (AP) --] This one, ... this is the one I want. |
[No doubt, she will continue to drive her comeback the only way she knows how: full speed ahead. She even holds out the possibility that she could return to the chairman post of her company someday.] I have learned, ... that I really cannot be destroyed. |
[On her reputation for hubris] I have sometimes, probably, forgotten -- and I know I have -- to pat the back of someone or said 'thank you' enough times or maybe even once sometimes, ... I wish I were perfect. I wish I were just the nicest, nicest, nicest person on Earth. But I am a business person....If I were a man no one would ever say that I was arrogant. |
[On Sunday, Republicans appeared to be preparing to blunt the impact of any charges. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Republican of Texas , speaking on the NBC news program] Meet the Press, ... where they couldn't find a crime and they indict on something that she said about something that wasn't a crime. |
[Speaking of her stint this summer taping] The Apprentice, ... I had a great experience. |