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Dates: during 1990-1999
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None of this makes Harris a wholesome character. But in the end, he has broken no laws--and broken little new ground in the selling of eggs. He has merely upped the ante. He has, that is, if his venture is a success. The site has received only one legitimate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Genes for Sale? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

It was the belief that there was not only a great character to portray but also a fortune to be made from her universal charms that interested Lee in V.I.P. "I took a lower salary on this show because I felt the back end could really be meaningful," says the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Babe Tube | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

In one segment, set in the drenching rain, a character offers up her shirt to shelter the group's campfire. But just when it seems like there will be some gratuitous seminudity, the scene devolves into a gruesome amputation ending in death. Plus, she gets her shirt back by the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Babe Tube | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

Although Mann has added certain specifics to the story, like invented dialogue, Lowell Bergman insists that the essence of the story is intact. "The big, broad truths of this are all public record," says Bergman. "In that sense the film is basically accurate." But does "basically accurate" really cut it...

Author: By Rheanna Bates, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Where There's Smoke | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

Mike Wallace, who has not yet seen the film, is especially touchy about his portrayal on-screen. He is afraid of being distorted, of having his reputation damaged by Mann's film or of being made out as the "bad guy" of the story. If Wallace is worried about looking...

Author: By Rheanna Bates, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Where There's Smoke | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

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