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Hewitt also oversaw the creation of a student talent show and trivia bowl that have since developed into a popular tradition...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summer Director Retires After 19 Years | 8/15/2003 | See Source »

...used to be that to make it in Hollywood you needed talent, a pretty face and a lot of luck. Now they'll give you a break on the talent part if you're willing to videotape yourself getting shot with a Taser. Case in point: prankster JOHNNY KNOXVILLE, of Jackass infamy, has no fewer than five movies in the works, and he just scored the lead in the upcoming Farrelly brothers' flick The Ringer, about a guy who pretends to be retarded so he can enter the Special Olympics. If that doesn't make you want to give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 11, 2003 | 8/11/2003 | See Source »

Teen-soap diehards know there's only one place for this story to go, at best: a long trip through high school, college, receding hairlines and eventual appearances on The Surreal Life XXVI. But The O.C. looks to have enough heart, talent and wit to generate a few seasons' worth of luxurious suds. As Ryan would say, in the teen-soap business, being 100% original doesn't make you smart. Delivering a formula with so much style and believability that it feels new again--that does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Same Young Story | 8/11/2003 | See Source »

...stupendously incurious that he rarely makes an effort to find the truth of the matter. He misleads not only the nation but himself. Every worst-case Saddam scenario just had to be true, as did every best-case post-Saddam scenario. Bush's talent for self-deception extends to domestic and economic policy. He probably believes that he's a compassionate conservative, even though he has allowed every antipoverty program he favors to be eviscerated by Congress. This week's outrage is the crippling of AmeriCorps, which he had pledged to increase in size. He probably believes that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bush Misleads Himself | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

...Although Kabuki is an insular and conservative culture, it isn't the artistic trap it might seem. In fact, it's recently become a fertile breeding ground for film and TV talent. Twenty-five-year-old Shinnosuke Ichikawa cultivates a parallel career as a TV-drama heartthrob, and 20-year-old rising star Shichinosuke Nakamura landed a supporting role in this year's Tom Cruise vehicle The Last Samurai. Tokyo's Asakusa Kokaido theater has capitalized on the trend by staging Kabuki plays showcasing younger actors. "They realize that people like Shido are the key to Kabuki's future," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old-School Cool | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

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