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...trend gained momentum last September when GE Capital, the finance arm of General Electric, announced it would slap a $25 annual penalty on holders of its GE Rewards MasterCard who did not accrue interest-bearing debt. Since then, issuers have come up with a slew of punitive measures--er, fees--that squeeze responsible cardholders as well as slackers. Just two years ago, no company charged a late fee of more than $18; today almost half do. Even grace periods are shrinking from the average 25 to 30 days to 20 days, which means some customers could get hit with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goodbye, Freebies--Hello, Fees | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...departure. Starting in the early 1980s, the network has dominated Thursday nights with programs like Family Ties, Cheers, The Cosby Show, Hill Street Blues and LA Law. For the past five years, Seinfeld has been the keystone of the network's Thursday lineup, which now includes Friends and ER, two other huge hits. The habit viewers have of watching NBC on Thursdays is one of the network's greatest assets, but with no Seinfeld to watch, the audience may fall into a different routine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Can Anybody Fill Seinfeld's Shoes? | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...drug tests, it is clear that Farley's life was ravaged by his obsession with excess. His comic persona, honed to a sweaty, self-mocking perfection on NBC's Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995 and in such hit films as Beverly Hills Ninja, was of the ne'er-do-well party guy, the angst-ridden outsider, the addled but lovable omnivore. But that proved to be true life as well, reflecting a fierce appetite for beer, cocaine and heroin, food and women. He went through drug- and alcohol-rehab clinics, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and weight-loss centers with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHRIS FARLEY: THE SUFFERING OF A FOOL | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

...husband (Paul Reiser) can't stop rhapsodizing. "I'm admiring a beautiful girl who married me for some reason," he says, and "all I know is that I want to wake up with you naked for the rest of my life." Rush these puppies to the ER--they're lovesick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: MAD ABOUT HER | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

Hunt proves that a performer can do fine work and lots of it, be respected for what she does and loved for who she is, without falling victim to the excesses of sex, drugs and lock-'er-up. Shouldn't that be worth just one tabloid headline? NORMAL WOMAN CONQUERS SHOW...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: MAD ABOUT HER | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

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