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...interview with TIME, Harris, 66, admitted that he wants to make a buck--he charges $24.95 a month for full access to the website--but insisted that the site is for real and is based on his own personal "theories of beauty and biology." Says Harris, without a trace of irony: "This is the first society to truly recognize how important beautiful genes are to our evolution. I have created a dialogue that will improve this society...
...best computers and coffee and smack," and a live hidden track on which he tells a giggling audience "Don't talk to me about Gene Hackman/he's in every film/sometimes wearing a towel/and if it isn't him you get Andie Macdowell." About his friend, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, who contributes to a few tracks, Hitchcock jokes "is never happier than with a glass of wine...he's more of a traditional musician in that respect...
...more bang-for-the-buck than any other candidate out there," said challenger James M. Williamson, adding that he broke 100 votes and survived the first-round elimination...
...manufacturers will meet only 86% of demand this year, and you can expect longer wait lists for models with larger screens and higher resolution. The September quake in Taiwan threw off memory-chip production too. Rather than raising prices, some makers may end up giving less bang for your buck. Best advice: buy now or well after Christmas...
...quest for Broadway respect, Saturday Night Fever has done almost everything wrong. It's a big, splashy musical trying to replicate a hit movie, a pretty crass way to make a buck. Its director, Arlene Phillips, is better known for staging extravaganzas in Las Vegas. The show is loud and pushy and panders to the crowd shamelessly. Worse, it overcame critical hoots to become a smash in London, a feat it now has the audacity to think it can repeat in New York City...