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...place prize for magazine writing for their Jan. 19 article, "Dead Teen Walking," a sobering account of youngsters on death row. In their story Willwerth, a Los Angeles-based correspondent, and Farley, a senior writer, raised some troubling questions about the conduct of prosecutors in the trial of Shareef Cousin, a black New Orleans teenager convicted of murder and sentenced, at age 16, to death. In part because of their investigation, a Louisiana state supreme court has granted Cousin a new trial, tentatively scheduled for December. Says Willwerth: "Having the chance to help right an injustice is a precious thing...
...course, final results in plastic surgery are not absolutely predictable. My father often spoke of a doctor cousin who, having decided to try his hand at beautifying noses, did a few teenagers successfully and then, after unwrapping the bandages of an older patient, watched in horror as the tip of the gorgeous new sniffer slowly began to droop toward the patient's chin...
Last week, "Clueless" was on TV and "Armageddon" was in the theatres (my cousin said it was so-so, a "typical American movie"). American sitcoms are not what I expected from Israel. Just as at home or on vacation in other parts of United States, it has become a search to find things authentic--the genuine, unfranchised restaurant and the ever-more-elusive regional item that was not manufactured alongside American knick-knacks in China. It is remarkable how similar the battle against corporate blah-ing exists here...
...blame them. When I join them at the tube, I see an America where all problems are solved in 30 minutes, often with time for commercials. My 16-year-old cousin looked at me incredulously (and asked in perfect English) what was wrong with me that I would leave California for Israel of all places--or leave California for anywhere, for that matter. For them--and probably for many more people in America and elsewhere--the Beverly Hills of the television show is reality: everyone can wear nice clothes, there is little crime, no politics and no taxes, serious problems...
...number of other magazines) remains unclear. For his part, Weinstein says that despite his reputation as a control freak (filmmakers have nicknamed him Harvey Scissorhands), the new magazine won't have any more trouble from him than TIME and (Time Inc.-owned) ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY get from their corporate cousin, Warner Bros. co-chairman Terry Semel. When a reporter notes that those magazines don't report to Semel--and weren't expressly conceived to funnel ideas to Warner Bros.--Brown interjects that the proof of integrity will ultimately lie, as it should, with the magazine itself. "There is a kind...