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...polar regions suggested that the climate was changing rapidly. Weather was even more erratic than usual, giving some places too little rain and others too much. Fires raced across the parched American West last summer, and recent storms spread devastation from Britain to Taiwan. No specific event could be directly blamed on global warming, but scientists say that in a greenhouse world, deluges and droughts will be more frequent--and severe. Already the hotter climate has increased the range of tropical diseases such as malaria and yellow fever. Other ominous signals from an overburdened planet include falling grain and fish...
...could play drama or comedy on the screen, but it was on the stage that he made his legend. Sir (Arthur) John Gielgud delivered storied portrayals of Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Richard II, and triumphed as a director as well. He was mentor, friend and equal to his fellow knight, Sir Alec Guinness...
...tennis Pete Sampras set a new record for most majors--13--when he won again at Wimbledon. But for all his heroics Pete could not seize the spotlight from the dynamic, effervescent Venus Williams of Compton, Calif., who became the first black player to win the All England title since Arthur Ashe did it in 1975. She then added the U.S. Open crown and a couple of Olympic gold medals to complete a career year...
...form was technology that might change everything. Napster and similar inventions terrified the music industry with death by a thousand clicks. Video software allowed anyone to be an auteur. A novel titled Riding the Bullet, by a plucky little outsider named Stephen King, showed that the e-book could democratize publishing. Or at least win a bigger cut for filthy-rich authors. New millennium art may not know where it's going yet, but wherever that may be, it'll charge for the trip. --James Poniewozik...
...sure nobody is looking at me," said David Duchovny as he served as a Grammy presenter alongside Versace-draped Jennifer Lopez (seen at right after the show with always-in-trouble beau Puff Daddy). Matt Stone could sympathize with Duchovny after escorting his South Park co-creator Trey Parker to the Oscars, above...