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...saturated in the sad glamour of their love that style becomes substance. The moving camera, the gorgeous homes and gardens of Suzhou, the handsome people with complex urges?they all seem to swoon in the telling of a story about Jade (radiant Japanese star Rie Miyazawa), a Kunqu Opera singer who marries into a noble house and falls into a near-lesbian relationship with her new master's mannish cousin Rong (Joey Wong, the premier ghost diva of '80s Hong Kong cinema). They don't make their sexual affinity explicit; as Jade sings in one of her ballads, "Words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asian Movies Hit the Road | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...example, fencing events in the Grand Palais was feasible. "For many members," he said. "I am sure this will make a very big difference. What more beautiful place for the Games is there?" If Sydney could win on a promise to stage the triathlon in the harbor beside its Opera House, Paris may have an edge by offering to run cyclists down the Champs ElysEes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judgment Day For the Olympic Cities | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...example, fencing events in the Grand Palais was feasible. "For many members," he said. "I am sure this will make a very big difference. What more beautiful place for the Games is there?" If Sydney could win on a promise to stage the triathlon in the harbor beside its Opera House, Paris may have an edge by offering to run cyclists down the Champs Elyses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judgment Day for the Olympic Cities | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

There are a few signs that the major networks are paying attention too. CBS carries the Latin Grammys and in June begins broadcasting the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful with a Spanish-language track, eyeing Univision and Telemundo's sizable telenovela audience. And last week, NBC signed a deal with Jennifer Lopez to do a music special next fall and develop a sitcom based on her childhood, even though the popular singer-actress is not expected to appear in it. The browning of TV is overdue. But it could just come about because of a different kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: What's Wrong With This Picture? | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...FairAir's tickets are aviation's equivalent of an opera ticket or a seat at an NFL game - you have the right to occupy that space on that flight. Or not. "We're recreating a secondary market for airline tickets. That market used to exist on bulletin boards and in newspapers," says Levy. Just think: you might be able to pick up a bargain when someone has to get rid of a ticket, or you could actually buy a seat on that sold-out flight (for the 'right' price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You, er, Gonna Use That Ticket to London? | 5/24/2001 | See Source »

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