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...Male-host bars?mirror images of nightspots where giggling girls fawn over inebriated businessmen?have been on the fringe of Japan's colorful nightlife for decades, catering to aged sugar mamas and scrawny scroungers with hair gel and overlaundered black suits. Kiss those days sayonara. Japan's host clubs have gone mainstream?without getting overly squeaky clean. The newly burnished male host?sans gold teeth and creepy leer?is Japan's latest celebrity. Hosts are appearing on TV talk shows and publishing memoirs, how-to guides and even business books. A high-profile TV movie about a host club aired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rent Boys | 1/21/2001 | See Source »

...with chauffeur and "1636" license plate. Classy! And all the ice cream socials and barbecues you can tolerate. And the open invitations to Harvard's Italian "research institute," Villa I Tatti, which just happens to make its own wine. It all looks so easy: Ignore a few undergraduates here, fawn over a few donors there, and call it a day. You figure, "Neil was a provost. I'm a provost." It's in the bag, right...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, | Title: Memo to the Heir Apparent | 6/8/2000 | See Source »

...with no talent and Ben's the one who's dating Gwynnie. But Ben's also the more charming of the two - he plays to the press with his self-deprecating "I Know I Suck" schtick so the press has no choice but to fawn all over him (it's good ol' reverse psychology). It all started downhill for Matt when the Academy passed him over for The Talented Mr. Ripley and decided to nominate his co-star, Jude Law, instead (the "Golden Boy" torch was officially passed). Realizing that Mr. Damon was about to lose his luster, the rumor...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's in the (K)now | 4/21/2000 | See Source »

...They're blandly attractive. Blond girl with pretty hair. Blond boy with pretty skin. Brunette boy with big muscles. Brunette girl with big lips. The girls fawn, the boys drool. Ooooh, ohhh, they're soooooo...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's In The [K]now | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...Theyre blandly attractive. Blond girl with pretty hair. Blond boy with pretty skin. Brunette boy with big muscles. Brunette girl with big lips. The girls fawn, the boys drool. Ooooh, ohhh, theyre soooooo...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, A POP CULTURE COMPENDIUM | Title: Soman's In The [K]now | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

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