Besides hating on the NRF, I am not sure what Barry is suggesting for the relationship between Black Friday, Retails Sales and the sales of folks we usually refer to as Retailers.

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Director Barry Sonnenfeld, whose movies include "The Addams Family, " the "Men in Black" trilogy and "Get Shorty, " has put his roughly 6, 000-square-foot home in East Hampton, N.

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Williams has hired an important black activist, Phillip Pannell, as an adviser, and Pannell opened a campaign office in Ward 8, Barry's home turf.

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"But today, Barry and I are just the warm-up acts, " he said, before beckoning on The Black Eyed Peas.

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Black, who worked with the composer on his Born Free, Thunderball and Diamonds are Forever theme songs, said Barry remained unaffected by his international success.

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