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Jack Black is not a particularly funny man. He can pull off a one-liner, and he brightly sustains the Chris Farley torch of manic physical clowning, but it’s clear that his comedic range is inversely related to his girth. Fortunately, the producers of School of Rock have forged an ideal vehicle for Black’s brand of mischief, and with a sturdy cast and script behind him, he manages to whip up some of the biggest laughs of the year. Black plays Dewey Finn, a guitarist thrown out of his band, rendering him even less...
Jack Black is not a particularly funny man. He can pull off a one-liner, and he brightly sustains the Chris Farley torch of manic physical clowning, but it’s clear that his comedic range is inversely related to his girth. Fortunately, the producers of School of Rock have forged an ideal vehicle for Black’s brand of mischief, and with a sturdy cast and script behind him, he manages to whip up some of the biggest laughs of the year. Black plays Dewey Finn, a guitarist thrown out of his band, rendering him even less...
...even the extreme-surfing shops. "You just dive into all those places. You watch teenagers," says product-development executive Sandra Stangl. BombayKids designers travel as far as India and China for ideas, but they also watch MTV. It's all very secretive. Ask about next year's colors, and Farley at BombayKids demurs, "We'd have to shoot you if we told...
...Barn, Pier 1, the Bombay Co., Delia's and Target, are creating new products, catalogs and, in some cases, chains of specialty stores designed to capitalize on the decorating dreams of tweens and teens. "There's a kid quake going on, and spending on furniture is up," says Steve Farley, executive vice president of BombayKids, a year-old offshoot of the Bombay Co. The firm has just six kids' stores now, but it plans to have 100 in three years. At Pier 1, CEO Marvin Girouard foresees the company's new chain of Cargo Kids stores growing from...
Jack Black is not a particularly funny man. He can pull off a one-liner, and he brightly sustains the Chris Farley torch of manic physical clowning, but it’s clear that his comedic range is inversely related to his girth. Could you ever see Black settling into the kind of roles that Bill Murray now occupies so comfortably...