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...Then again, Joyce was no Heidi Klum. O.K., Project Runway, Klum's Bravo reality show about fashion designers, is not a masterwork of Western civilization. But it pulls off a rare feat: it makes the creative process entertaining. In Season 1 last winter, a cast of wannabe Vera Wangs squared off in design challenges that included sewing outfits from grocery-store items (the best entries used a lawn chair and cornhusks). In Season 2 (Wednesdays, 10 p.m. E.T.), one designer concocts a dress so audacious it may fall apart on the runway: it's held together by magnets. Other television...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Pins and Needles | 12/9/2005 | See Source »

...just sitting in a bathtub full of candy!"), says it was hard to convince fashion pros that the show would take the subject seriously. One of those who did was Tim Gunn, chair of the fashion-design department at New York City's Parsons School of Design and the cast's blunt, professorial mentor. "When they called," he says, "I thought, How are you going to cheapen this industry? We have enough problems without this." Instead, the show-co-produced by the team behind Project Greenlight, a savvy look at moviemaking-scored an Emmy nomination. "I think people wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Pins and Needles | 12/9/2005 | See Source »

...Above all, the show has been cast mainly with people who want to be fashion stars more than Us Weekly fixtures. True, the Season 1 winner, Jay McCarroll, was a fast-talking, filthy-mouthed showboat with a thing for giant pink sunglasses. But rather than trying to extend his 15 minutes, he's still in rural Pennsylvania working on a collection and, he says, turning down offers to cash in on his fame. "People throw scripts at me for the dumbest s___," he says. "I'm not an actor! I don't want to play Santa Claus' gay assistant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Pins and Needles | 12/9/2005 | See Source »

...Warner Brothers)4/5 StarsWhen listening to the new “Rent” soundtrack, the first thing diehard fans will try to ascertain is whether the new recording is unique enough to merit an addition to their collection, right next to the 1996 recording by the original Broadway cast. The uninitiated may wonder what all the fuss is about and which soundtrack album they should get. “Rent” fans were overjoyed when the Justin Timberlake casting rumors were denied and it was announced that Chris Colombus’ long-awaited film version of Jonathan Larson?...

Author: By Maura A. Graul, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

...assurance that no votes had been bought gave him confidence in the integrity of the election.“Because no transactions took place, the results can be completely certified,” Love said. “If the vote transaction did take place, it would cast doubt on the winner, but now because that’s not taking place, we can confirm the winner without the shadow of doubt.”Prior to the EC meeting last night, the commission consulted with Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and members...

Author: By Kathleen Pond, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: UC Vote Selling Service Folds | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

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