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...fairly convincing, and viewers may actually find themselves rooting for the unlikely couple. The movie accomplishes this by maintaining some aspect of innocence in the relationship despite the abnormal circumstances. Matthew takes Danielle to his senior prom, where her former streetwalker style magically transforms itself into a sparkly red dress and an elegant...

Author: By Nathan Burstein and Dominique M. Elie, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: NEW IN FILM | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

...serve him and to act as his missionary. The payoff for abiding by these precepts, Warren promises, is reduced stress, sharper focus, simplified decision making, greater meaning to life and better preparation for eternity. For Purpose-Driven church leaders, he has developed an "evangelism strategy" that includes a casual dress code, convenient parking, bright lights, live bands, short prayers and simple sermons that accentuate the positive. The result, he says, will lead not only to filled pews but, ultimately, to more saved souls. For Warren, that's the best barometer of church health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Man With The Purpose | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

...Spice Girls—gave metrosexuality the legitimacy it needed. This legitimacy was further cemented by the success of the TV show “Queer Eye For The Straight Guy,” in which five gay men makeover a heterosexual man, teaching him how to dress and act more fashionably. Since then, the metrosexual craze has truly taken off and the sales of exfoliating moisturizers and charcoal-based conditioners that detoxify the scalp have never been the same...

Author: By Brian A. Finn, | Title: Metrosexualizing Our Identity | 3/25/2004 | See Source »

...lawsuits, American consumers should remember who stood up for their rights to redress corporate wrongs. In an age where companies have defaulted on morality and responsibility to the detriment of ordinary Americans, the ability to hold these companies accountable is imperative. A furor over lower front waists and larger dress sizes shouldn’t obscure the larger goal: promoting corporate responsibility...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Fat Cats Are Defendants, Too | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...last performing art in which talent still mattered more than looks. That was until London's Royal Opera at Covent Garden denied leading soprano DEBORAH VOIGT her signature role of Ariadne in Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos because the well-fed diva couldn't fit into the little black dress the casting director had to fill. "I have big hips," Voigt told London's Sunday Telegraph, "and Covent Garden has a problem with them." The opera house said it "deeply regrets" that the weight issue became public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The Fat Lady Doesn't Sing | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

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