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...joys of Chucky are pure and simple. There's this doll, see, and he's possessed by the soul of a serial killer and so he kills a lot of people in improbable ways. Twist? Chucky's ex-girlfriend is turned into an equally evil and equally plastic doll. The brilliance of this premise will not be appreciated during our lifetime. With just a sprinkling of self-consciousness and heaps of bad taste, director Yu has made a B-movie that can easily stand next to such giants as Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, and Plan 9 From Outer Space...
...fact, Pizza Hut has scored some points of its own. Schnatter concedes that Papa John's sauce comes from canned rather than fresh tomatoes--Pizza Hut's sauce is packed in sealed plastic bags--and that Papa John's mushrooms are canned. (Pizza Hut's are fresh.) An unembarrassed Schnatter is switching to fresh mushrooms throughout the Papa John's chain. "I prefer canned mushrooms," he says with a straight face. "But the consumer prefers fresh...
...YOUNG AND THE AGELESS Any actress who can get away with trimming 13 years off her age without undergoing plastic surgery is bound to stir up some resentment. For several years, RILEY WESTON, a 32-year-old divorced actress and screenwriter, has been passing herself off as a 19-year-old, originally to get good roles and later to promote herself as a writing wunderkind. She successfully fooled her agent, the press, her colleagues and Disney, which recently signed her to a six-figure deal. Her secret was discovered last week when someone tipped off Entertainment Tonight that Weston...
...plastic container in the microwave. Federal health authorities are concerned that chemicals from some plastics may leach into food. To protect yourself, cook only in containers labeled microwave safe (no margarine tubs or cottage-cheese cartons), don't nuke plastic wraps and don't recycle trays for microwavable entrees; they're for one-time use only...
Until now, the biggest adventure that Mattel Media's popular line of Barbie CD-ROMS offered girls was a chance to discover a new hairdo for their plastic princess. Mattel's latest offering, Detective Barbie ($35), promises something different: players must solve a kidnapping and recover the missing loot. Set in a colorful carnival setting, Detective Barbie is fun to play and almost seems daring--until the girls learn that Barbie's real quest is to find Ken. Nothing new there...