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...been hot since way back when it was settled that the electronica revolution was a non-starter. Their songs are generally okay, and occasionally breach the lower depths of pretty good, but they're last decade's news; Rage Against the Machine brought rap-metal mainstream in the early '90s, the Fugees dominated the middle-'90s with hip-hop that borrowed from rock and pop, Ricky Martin filled every supermarket with his Latin-pop blend in the late-'90s, and yet groups still sell records and turn heads with forms of fusion pioneered in the Bronze Age. For some reason...
...research, men have been searching for a new role since the collapse of the “man as breadwinner” model in the ’60s. The Maxim Man, she argues, has filled the void: He is the definition of ’90s masculinity. He likes “Sex Sports Beer Gadgets Clothes Fitness”—the words boldly emblazoned, white on black, across the cover of every single issue of Maxim (though Chou notes that the French version gives higher billing to clothes and omits beer altogether...
...research, men have been searching for a new role since the collapse of the “man as breadwinner” model in the ’60s. The Maxim Man, she argues, has filled the void: He is the definition of ’90s masculinity. He likes “Sex Sports Beer Gadgets Clothes Fitness”—the words boldly emblazoned, white on black, across the cover of every single issue of Maxim (though Chou notes that the French version gives higher billing to clothes and omits beer altogether...
...first hit pay dirt in the '80s with the success of small, quirky films like sex, lies, and videotape, then exploded with big hits, including The Crying Game and Pulp Fiction. It reached critical mass with Best Picture winners The English Patient and Shakespeare in Love during the late '90s. The brothers--Harvey especially--seemed to have a knack for seeing around the zeitgeist and an unerring eye for talent. Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck became part of the Miramax stable, the newest cool kids' table in Hollywood...
...ARRESTED. DOMINGO CAVALLO, 55, former Economy Minister of Argentina and prominent South American financier, during an investigation into alleged violations of a U.N. arms embargo; in Buenos Aires. Pending the decision of a federal justice, Cavallo faces formal charges for involvement in an early '90s conspiracy to smuggle $100 million worth of arms to Croatia and Ecuador. DIED. LEVI CELERIO, 91, prolific Philippine lyricist and composer who in 1997 was commended by President Fidel Ramos as a national artist of music and literature; in Quezon City. DIED. TONINO CERVI, 72, Italian film producer, screenwriter and director who aided the careers...