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...while still a teenager, becoming a full agent by the time he was 21 and a millionaire by his mid-20s--that he never had a chance to figure out who he was, beneath all the trappings of worldly success. He spoke eagerly, with a midrange, clipped California accent, his voice filling the room with vague blandishments about how eager he was to stay sober and how grateful he was to his fellow agents who had intervened to send him here and how he was looking forward to getting back to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood Requiem | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...band when we know how lame the members were to begin with? Would any girl still scream at the Backstreet Boys if she watched videotapes of the boys milking cows or shoveling manure out in a Nebraska cornfield? Or an 'NSync member learning to lose his southern accent with a voice coach? In any case, unless they edit severely, we might be amused by the recurring spice-boy dramas. Boy gets acne (i.e. Nick, May-Dec. 1997). Boy has illness and then recovers and writes triumphant ballad (i.e., Brian, Aug. 1998). Boy quits group, becomes U.N. ambassador (i.e., Ginger Spice...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, | Title: Soman's In the [K]now | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...need of one more body for a Sunday match in the Los Angeles Social Cricket Alliance. Haber, who had ditched a movie-producing career to run a homeless village in downtown Los Angeles with Hayes, offered Ted. Hayes, now 48, had never played but practically had a British accent by day's end. "The etiquette, the civility, the fact that no one is bigger than the game--I thought it was the perfect sport to teach homeless guys to be gentlemen," Hayes says. A year after forming a team of street people, he and Haber took the concept to Compton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Realm of Rap, Cricket Takes Root | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...once loved her--to earlier in the evening, thus throwing off the rhythm of the piece. (Another change: she sings the song rather than hears it.) What's more, Walken seems blandly disengaged as Gabriel, missing the psychological tension, singing indifferently and barely hinting at an Irish accent. Walken used to be a Broadway dancer, but here he's just a misstep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Dead Serious | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...show is slightly redeemed by the solid performance of certain individuals in combination with the greatness of Anything Goes itself. While Moony's (played by Ken Herrera '03) Brooklyn accent takes a while to warm up, and while his character's jokes don't always come off quite right, he's got a lot of energy and heart, and it shows. Same for Jennifer Glick '00 (Hope Harcourt)--she starts out a little too plasticky for her character but warms to the task, and eventually shines during the jail scene. In Jac Huberman '01, the performance of Bonnie is made...

Author: By Ben A. Cowan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: High Points Come and Go In Anything Goes | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

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