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...super-sweaty stepchild of kickboxing. Popularized by a sleek advertising campaign heavy on late-night infomercials, and garnering the support of Carmen Electra and Sinbad, Tae-Bo now constitutes a veritable alterna-robics empire. Blanks himself is on the way to superstardom, having appeared on a recent episode of "ER" in which he schooled Lucy (Kellie Martin, Yale student and real-life Tae-Bo devotee) in a private, early-morning sweat-fest. The sale of his tapes, bolstered by an appearance on Oprah, has grossed an astonishing $60 million dollars since August. The latest Tae-Bo disciples are the Harvard...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo, | Title: AFFIRMED | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

...million weekly to air his 30-min. infomercial across the country. Lose weight! Kick butt! Free your spirit! All that is yours simply by buying a set of four videos for three easy payments of $19.95. And Blanks has crossed over into free TV too. He turned up on ER last month and spent a week with Oprah in the Bahamas. No wonder Tae-Bo videos have grossed some $75 million and placed in the top five of both the Billboard and Amazon.com charts last week. Consider that a warm-up. Blanks, who is gearing up to release...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tae-Bo or Not Tae-Bo? | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

...DOLE Viagra's poster boy for senescent hanky-panky is sent to Kosovo to help make, er, peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Mar. 15, 1999 | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

...Hillary run--which had been at a low buzz since January--rose to a clamorous din and then to a round-the-clock media roar. Just when the Republic thought it could safely turn its attention toward more pressing matters (How could the Yankees trade David Wells? What will ER do without George Clooney?), the Clintons snagged the headlines and talk shows for themselves--but with some good news for a change. Daniel Patrick Moynihan anointed the First Lady heir to his Senate seat, gushing over her "magnificent, young, bright, able, Illinois-Arkansas enthusiasm." When Virginia Senator Chuck Robb appeared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hillary Clinton: A Race Of Her Own | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

Cultural Rhythms grooved for 120 minutes / "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" runs 3.83 minutes / Cooking time for rojak, a Singaporean/Malaysian salad 110 minutes / George Clooney's stint on ER 2,365,920 minutes / Cassat at the MFA for another 105,120 minutes / Gene Siskel's television career lasted 13,140,000 minutes / Time since last execution in Massachusetts 27,331,200 minutes / Average trolley ride to freshman formal 17 minutes / new Pudding show has been performed for 840 minutes / Girl Scout cookies can be delivered in 25,920 minutes / For an hour's worth of minimum wage ($5.25), a sweatshop worker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Minutes | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

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