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Rock plans to stick to comedies for now. "To me, Jim Carrey's most impressive work is Dumb & Dumber," Rock says. "It's society's ignorance about how hard comedy is that people go, 'Now he's really doing something in The Truman Show.' There are 30 guys in Hollywood who could do Truman. There's only one guy who could do Dumb & Dumber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock Star | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

...Diego (played with impeccable elegance by Anthony Hopkins), making a comeback after suffering a long imprisonment, to fight a resurgence of tyranny in old, Spanish-controlled California. In the process he recruits a young, nimbler apprentice, Alejandro (portrayed by Antonio Banderas), who's not afraid of acting a little dumb until his mentor smartens him up, cools his ardent blood and teaches him the skills that make him worthy of wearing the black mask of the gallant outlaw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Mark of Excitement | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

POSH SPICE Fiance's dumb foul costs England World Cup game vs. Argies. Will she dump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jul. 13, 1998 | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...Dumb-asses." We were starting to sound like Beavis and Butthead...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: POSTCARD FROM NEW YORK | 7/2/1998 | See Source »

That said, let us review the classic taboos. Religion? Unsafe, unless you follow the example of Henry R. Luce, who had no small talk and once asked a dinner partner in all seriousness, "What do you think of the resurrection of the body?" The woman was, I believe, struck dumb. (I wonder if Luce ever used the line to try to pick up women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monica Who? | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

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