It has completely lost the ability to use the built-in microphone, and sometimes randomly shuts itself down when I shut the lid. My Lenovo Yoga 12 laptop, while great in many ways, has been driving me up a wall lately. It's a lot like the Apple Store's legendary Genius Bar. Not a lot of people know this, but Microsoft actually has a tech support Answer Desk front-and-center in each of its stores. I'm very glad that Microsoft is still taking the stores seriously: I stopped by the Microsoft Store in downtown San Francisco today for some laptop troubleshooting, and it turns out that it's totally awesome. In fact, just today, Microsoft announced that its new flagship stores in New York City and Sydney, Australia will open on October 26th and November 12th, respectively. But as far as Scott was concerned, they could have it.But Microsoft has so far resisted. And Allegra liked being an attorney for the stars and Sam wanted to be an actress. His mother derived tremendous satisfaction from her show, and his father had produced some great movies. There were highs certainly, and perks admittedly, and they all seemed to love what they did. He had seen enough of the agonies the rest of his family went through, dealing with spoiled, erratic stars, unreliable actors, dishonest network people who disappeared in six months, and quixotic investors. He wanted to specialize in sports medicine, and be an orthopedic surgeon. He didn't want to spend the rest of his life worrying about the box office, or the gross, or the ratings. And he even thought Allegra was crazy to be an entertainment lawyer. Scott had seen enough of show business in his twenty years. Hollywood and its alleged magic held no lure for Scott Steinberg. He was in pre-med, and all he wanted in life was to be a doctor. Only their brother, Scott, a junior at Stanford, seemed to have escaped show business entirely. Allegra had a seventeen-year-old sister, Samantha, Sam, who was a senior in high school and a model, and who, unlike Allegra, did want to be an actress. They worked hard, and had a real family, which they devoted a lot of their time to. He and Blaire were among the industry's most unusual, and most respected couples. More importantly, he was that rarest of commodities in Hollywood, a nice man, a gentleman, a truly decent human being. He had won three Academy Awards over the years, and his reputation for box office successes was legend.
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Her father, Simon Steinberg, was a major movie producer, and had made some of Hollywood's most important movies. They had had the highest possible ratings for seven of their nine years, and it had earned her mother seven Emmies. It was a comedy, well peppered with serious moments, and some occasional real-life drama. Her mother, Blaire Scott, had written and produced one of the most successful shows on television for nine years. It wouldn't have surprised anyone in her family, but it wouldn't necessarily have pleased them. A, and entertainment law had always been her passion.Īllegra had known years before that she wanted to go into law, and it had only been for a brief, little while, after two years of summer stock in New Haven during her sophomore and junior years at Yale, that she had thought she might want to be an actress. They were one of the most important firms in L. At twenty-nine, four years out of Yale law school, she was a junior partner at Fisch, Herzog, and Freeman. He was one of her clients at the law firm. She stretched her long legs, sighed, and flicked on the radio, and she smiled as they started playing Bram Morrison's latest single. She had nothing particular to do on the way home, but it always seemed such an incredible waste of time just sitting there in traffic. At this rate, it was going to take forever. The traffic moved along the Santa Monica Freeway at a snail's pace, as Allegra Steinberg lay her head back against the seat of the midnight blue Mercedes 300.