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...Chapek has never been a creature of Hollywood, leaving the mansions of Beverly Hills, Bel Air and Brentwood to the air-kiss set while choosing to raise his family outside LA....
...For other programmes, such as HBO’s Succession, which was in pre-production, the timing of new episodes is up in the air....
...The seeds of the sale were sown in a conversation with Bob Iger at the Murdoch winery in the hills of Bel-Air — a property that would later be damaged by the wildfires that swept Los Angeles 10 days ago....
...Golden stucco-clad houses stretch for street after identical street, interspersed with gated communities with names such as Spanish Oaks and Rancho Bel Air....
...Patterson’s prose sometimes has the overly breathless air of an airport thriller....
...Once the group was seated, Marturano, also sitting in the Lotus position, rang a set of Tibetan prayer bells three times....
...Meanwhile, Mr Lutz – who remains vice-chairman until the end of the year – has overseen a reinvigoration of the product line with acclaimed vehicles such as the Chevrolet Malibu and Buick LaCrosse family...
...Blade erosion in Iraq’s sandy conditions was less of an issue than expected, but the “largest hit for Bell was the engine/air particle separators,” says Mr Kenney....
...The project is being overseen directly by senior managers including Bob Lutz, GM’s global head of vehicle development and an acknowledged lover of fast, big-engined cars....
...“The proportion of time being spent on these sites during office hours is significant,” says Bob Ivins, executive vice-president at ComScore....
...Worse still, he projected an air of arrogance. The testimony seemed to drag on and focused on how Jack interacted with WorldCom’s top executives....
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