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...creativity is feted and copied. After all, even the organizers of the Berlin Film Festival limit the number of German films in competition to three out of 21 international entries. That's because they hope one day soon their festival will attract as much attention as its flashier counterparts in Cannes and Venice. But maybe it's time they added a few more slots for homegrown movies. Because these days, "small" German films are big enough to take on the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood and Rhine | 2/6/2005 | See Source »

Flower-printed shirts, sequin vests, cowboy hats and flag regalia were all in vogue. Flashier guests adorned themselves in colorful pachyderms, producing more than a few pink elephants...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, Jessica E. Schumer, and Joseph M. Tartakoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Crimson on the Floor | 9/13/2004 | See Source »

Flower-printed shirts, sequin vests, cowboy hats and flag regalia were all in vogue. Flashier guests adorned themselves in colorful pachyderms, producing more than a few pink elephants...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson on the Floor | 9/2/2004 | See Source »

Similarly scrambling are films made primarily as Oscar contenders. The money a Cold Mountain, say, might earn with nominations in the flashier categories is factored into the projected gross and thus, working backward, the size of the budget. The film cadged seven nominations last week, but its sponsor, Miramax, has to be disappointed that star Nicole Kidman and writer-director Anthony Minghella, both previous Oscar winners, were stiffed--not to mention the film itself, denying Miramax a Best Picture finalist for the first time in 12 years. The company's co-chairman Harvey Weinstein is still determined to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Oscar Crunch | 2/9/2004 | See Source »

...When Tag Heuer first introduced the Formula 1 watch in 1986, it became an immediate Christmas classic. In fact, he's probably still wearing his old one. Replace it with this new, flashier model. About...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gifts That Stand Out in a Crowd | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

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