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...husband used to say, 'You think you're physically strong, but get real. You're not.'" She cites an example: "There was a paparazzo in London who was horrible to us. He flashed in my kids' faces, and I was like, 'Listen, man! Back off!' Tom said, 'He could kick your butt.' I said, 'No! I could kick his!' Tom said, 'Get real, Nicole. You'd be flat on your back.'" He had a point. Months after she hurt her knee, the injury flared up, and Kidman had to drop out of The Panic Room, a physically demanding thriller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Madame Moulin | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...Mathieu Kassovitz, writer and director of the acclaimed 1995 film La Haine, is also disarming as the wholesome sex shop cashier who steals Amélie's heart-and challenges her to tend to her own happiness as well as others'. If, like his heroine, Jeunet gets a kick out of making people feel warm and fuzzy inside, then he must be a happy man indeed. Even before counting last week's box office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Absolutely Fabulous | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...toward a goal of 71 percent class participation. I take this to mean that only some donations truly "count." You will gladly accept my $9.99, but it doesn't really help you get to that magical 71 percent, at which point an anonymous family "associated with our class" will kick in an additional $24,000. With this last point, it becomes quite clear that you care less about people actually giving for the sake of giving, and more about them giving a certain amount...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sass from Senior Gift | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...proves to be funny, I will eat my own foot in a port-wine reduction sauce. Forget Lagasse's apparent stiffness delivering lines in the few scenes we saw. Forget his almost pitiable, parody-of-himself speech to the advertiser crowd, which basically consisted solely of his catchphrases - "Bam!" "Kick it up a notch!" and "Happy happy!" All you need to know about "Emeril" is that its highlight reel - mind you, the funniest few seconds culled from an entire slaved-over pilot - actually used "You are the weakest link, goodbye" as a punchline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Upfronts: Kickin' it Down a Notch | 5/15/2001 | See Source »

...Bush administration will donate $200 million to a global fund to fight the AIDS pandemic in the developing world. The reason the latter is bad news is that $200 million is about 10 percent of the amount most experts had agreed would be needed from the U.S. to kick-start the fund. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Anan, ever the diplomat, praised the administration for its contribution, but noted that, "we need a response that matches the challenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Bush's $200-Million AIDS Donation May Mean Nothing | 5/15/2001 | See Source »

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