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The trend has been building for a few years, since Scream (1996) indicated that cheesy teenpix could cross the $100 million hurdle. Last summer's American Pie and The Blair Witch Project accelerated the no-star momentum. The town's easiest profits come from cheap movies with low aspirations and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So Much For Star Power | 9/4/2000 | See Source »

But even with such innovation, the U.S. women are unlikely to repeat as Olympic champions, although they do have a good chance of getting onto the podium. Ray's team is a mix of the old and the new; in addition to Dawes, Amy Chow, another '96er, earned a place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Older New Guard | 9/4/2000 | See Source »

Assuming the U.S.O.C. is correct, we might ask, in the interest of Olympic glory, "What do you mean, our guys aren't taking drugs?" Chemistry long ago supplanted Wheaties as the breakfast of champions among elite athletes. Recently an Olympic discus thrower from Australia, Werner Reiterer, who admitted to spending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking the Olympic Habit | 8/30/2000 | See Source »

Smith won his spot on the Sydney-bound squad in dramatic fashion at the U.S. trials this June, just 13 days after he switched to the single scull from the eight-man crew, where he was fighting for a seat. "I figured I had a better chance of getting to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rowing It Alone | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

While the GOP tested the elasticity of the electorate's imagination by recasting itself as champions of the best achievements of the New Deal and Great Society eras - the Republicans are now the party of education, saviors of Social Security and deep-pocketed patrons of Head Start - the Democrats, if...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bleeding-Heart Republicans vs. God-Fearing Democrats — What Is This? | 8/11/2000 | See Source »

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