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...Thomas nodded yes. They then went to Thomas' Grant Avenue house, where Gerard saw a large cooler locked with a chain and a large rolled-up rug in the garage. Thomas and Gerard then sailed out to sea. Some 75 miles off Stone Harbor, N.J., Thomas tied an anchor to the contents of the cooler and tossed them overboard. Gerard saw a "human foot and a part of a calf sinking into the water." Investigators believe they were Anne Marie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BROTHERS IN CRIME | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...awaits NBC?s counter offer, the issue for Geraldo isn?t money; it?s status: Fox is offering him an anchor role on a nightly news program, a temptation which NBC has thus far resisted. Whatever the outcome, Zoglin believes Geraldo?s ultimatum reflects a classic American tale: ?This is a guy who couldn?t get a network job ten years ago, so it?s a pretty dramatic comeback story.? Who said Kato Kaelin is the only one who owes his career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geraldo Demands Respect | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

Ultimately the third and most important act of One Night Stand comes off as completely implausible--despite Snipes's efforts to anchor the sketchy romance--because of the weak screenplay. In the opening sequence Figgis has Snipes directly addressing the camera as he walks through the streets of Manhattan on his way to see Charlie. This narrative device pops up sporadically in an effort to connect the sloppy narrative strands. The script was originally written by Joe Esterzhas (purveyor of such cinematic fool's gold as Basic Instinct and the infamous Showgirls), and it shows in some places (an especially...

Author: By Brandon K. Walston, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'One Night Stand' No 'Vegas' | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

...again, a feat which requires some serious mid-movie plot engineering (up to this point, we've only seen him capitalizing on tragedy and weighing the pros and cons of seducing Lori). Halfway into the film, two wolfish network producers inexplicably show us a clip of Brackett and anchor Hollander on the site of a gruesome airplane crash. Shaken by the carnage he has just witnessed, Brackett explodes at Hollander's request for a gory description of the scene, humiliating his powerful colleague on national television and establishing himself as a sensitive man damaged permanently by the unholy forces...

Author: By Scott E. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: `Mad City' Plays Up Media Paranoia | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

Asano might have to do most of that scoring with blasts from the blue line. She and fellow defenseman Christie MacKinnon and Melissa Milbert will anchor a defensive unit which needs to contain opposing offenses for Harvard to be successful...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women's Hockey Has Plethora of Skaters, But Will Quantity Translate Into Victories? | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

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