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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Bill, however, made a drastic mistake. His conscience was usurped by his ego. As Bill announced his "boredom" with the vocation of Massachusetts governor, he clearly adopted delusions of grandeur by announcing his candidacy for a Massachusetts Senate seat. Though voters might toss aside their party tendencies and elect a...

Author: By Frances G. Tilney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Hero No More | 7/14/2000 | See Source »

Although she doesn't know what plots are in store for her character, who was last seen two years ago when she left the fictional Pine Valley to deal with an eating disorder, Riegel is ready for anything.

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Junior Leaves Harvard for 'All My Children' | 7/14/2000 | See Source »

WALTER MATTHAU, who died of a heart attack last week at 79, made moviegoers laugh at their own venality--make that humanity. A deft character actor with star quality, he was the ideal mouthpiece for the wisecracks of Neil Simon (The Odd Couple, The Sunshine Boys) and Billy Wilder (The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: WALTER MATTHAU | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

The star plays an image consultant named Russell Duritz whose clients are scumbags and whose life consists mainly of barking into cell phones, snapping at his assistant (played by Lily Tomlin, who is nobody's doormat) and avoiding a meaningful relationship with a morally centered woman named Amy (Emily Mortimer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: And a Child Shall Lead Him | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

It's nicely played too--particularly by Willis, who neatly nails both his character's funny nastiness and his unsentimental reform once he begins to recover from his emotional amnesia. One doesn't want to oversell The Kid. It's a modest little fantasy. But it's also well made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: And a Child Shall Lead Him | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

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