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F Scott Fitzgerald told us there are no second acts in American lives. Fortunately, TV is not life. And ever since Ozzy Osbourne's and Jessica Simpson's comebacks, TV has been doling out second and third acts like Halloween candy. Eccentric Charlie's Angel Farrah Fawcett, p.r. queen Lizzie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Coming Back Is Hard To Do | 5/29/2005 | See Source »

This was to be the day that high art met low trash on the Cote d'Azur, with two quirky North American directors offering analyses of death-love in the cult of showbiz. Today's prestige items: Gus Van Sant's Last Days, an imagining of the death of Nirvana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cannes Diary III: Grave Robbing | 5/13/2005 | See Source »

Oppenheimer’s intelligence was present from childhood, but it truly blossomed during his miserable three-year stint as a Harvard undergraduate. He had always been an eccentric and an introvert, and left to his own devices at college, he only made a handful of lasting friendships. His love...

Author: By David Zhou, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BOOKENDS: ‘Forgetful Prof Parks Girl, Takes Self Home’ | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

And when the main act made it onstage, they revealed the surprisingly simple equation behind their recordings: a chilled-out folkie and a Dutch chamber musician, jamming like nobody’s business. There was Zammuto, a Williams College alum, half-closing his eyes to commune with an acoustic guitar...

Author: By Nathaniel Naddaff-hafrey and Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Indie Explosion Lights Up MFA | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

Campaigning has gotten pretty eccentric. “Horse-thing” creators, who include Marsh and his roommates, sent out a cartoon video depicting the bizarre character stomping on the words “other mascots.” Kirshner sent out incomprehensible e-mails to Quincy residents, signed...

Author: By Kara M. Oreilly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mascot-less, But Not For Long | 4/21/2005 | See Source »

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