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Penguins Kick Butt; The People behind the People

They said Mark Gill was nuts when he shelled out a million bucks for a French movie about Arctic seabirds, but he and his tuxedo-clad pals have had the last laugh. March of the Penguins has become the second highest grossing documentary of all time. Then, we say have your people call my people, we-re talking about these people -- celebrity personal assistants.

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By Claude Brodesser-Akner • Aug 15, 2005 • 30m Listen

They said Mark Gill was nuts when he shelled out a million bucks for a French movie about Arctic seabirds, but he and his tuxedo-clad pals have had the last laugh. March of the Penguins has become the second highest grossing documentary of all time. Then, we say have your people call my people, we-re talking about these people -- celebrity personal assistants.

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    Claude Brodesser-Akner

    Star-Ledger / NJ.com

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