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...must-have list, and not just to appear in her undies or pitch beer. She does a dramatic star turn in Visible Secret, which debuted in Hong Kong two weeks ago. That film, about a girl with the ability to contact spirits and see ghosts, has the imprimatur of Ann Hui, one of Hong Kong's few art-house directors. Its three-day box office opening in Hong Kong set an all-time record, eclipsing Ring, Hideo Nakata's horror flick. Meanwhile, Joan Chen, former-leading-lady-turned-auteur with Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl, is courting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shu Perstar! | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...whole range of people who live in Britain," Portillo says, a commitment to tolerance that may also remind party members of his admission of a homosexual past. Last week one top Tory said that should disqualify Portillo from the head job. Another leadership hopeful, the delightfully graceless Ann Widdecombe, declared she would never serve under Portillo and his "little band of backbiters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Right Side Down | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...Ohio's legislature neared its first round of forced retirements last year, 13 of 39 term-limited representatives quit to take jobs in the private sector or in Governor Bob Taft's administration. House speaker Jo Ann Davidson, term-limited herself, had to appoint three finance chairmen in a single year. "You have to run an ongoing orientation throughout the session," she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Rookies Rule The Roost | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...bench has not been particularly impressive since the drubbing of 1997. Former Chancellor Ken Clarke, now a backbencher and probably the country's most popular Tory, would be the obvious choice. Yet he remains a committed pro-European in a party that is deeply Euro-skeptic. Shadow home secretary Ann Widdecombe may galvanize the grass roots, but she is on the right of a party already criticized for moving too far in that direction. Other possible contenders, such as shadow defence secretary Iain Duncan Smith, a former soldier, are relatively unknown to voters at large...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking for a New Leader | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

Banales' extreme version of notification is having immediate consequences for the Corpus Christi 15, as landlords evict them and bosses fire them. One man attempted suicide after Banales' ruling. The families also worry about vigilantes. "I'm scared for my mother's life and myself," says Trevino's stepdaughter Ann, 20. Lawyers for the 15 are considering filing a joint challenge or separate ones in the 13th Court of Appeals, arguing that the signs violate the right to privacy and constitute "cruel and unusual punishment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Scarlet Letter | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

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