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...according to Johnson, the young writer’s funniest work at the Lampoon never appeared in print. Staff members would regularly enter notes and jokes in a comment book kept open inside the building...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Poon to Pulitzer, Updike Runs On | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

...China, about 70%. Cell phones are fashion statements, and people buy new ones every six to nine months. Shanda Interactive, which operates online games, went public last week in New York. It generates $33 million a year in profit just three and a half years into its existence. The funniest example of a niche market is Neowiz, which sells virtual clothing for the virtual person you steer through cyberspace. That's a $100 million-a-year market. Profit margins are pretty good on virtual clothes. Ring tones for cell phones is now a billion-dollar business. Technology is fashion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Board Of Technologists: Start-Up Your Engines! | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

...comedy. He's been at it since 1960, when, at 26, he and three other Oxbridge wits wrote and performed the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe. Bennett turned 70 a few weeks ago, and marked the milestone with a grand new play - his longest (at nearly three hours) and funniest - called The History Boys. Opening to critical raves, it is the season's sold-out hit at the National Theatre in London and has already been set for a Broadway production. By Bennett standards, that's almost gaudy. In a British grammar school, perhaps 20 years ago, eight bright lads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One For The Books | 5/30/2004 | See Source »

...important it is to ?give the people the truth.? As for the current Republican President, Moore said at a subsequent press conference, ?I would love to have a White House screening of this film? and quipped that he bore no grudge against Bush: ?He?s got the funniest lines in the film. I?m eternally grateful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Palms Up for Michael Moore, Thumbs Down for Bush | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

...Outrage award. So Cannes settled for annoying the American right. Even before the Palme d'Or was announced, two participants on stage praised Moore's film and denounced the President. But when the victor faced the press, he had a few kind words for Bush: "He's got the funniest lines in the film. I'm eternally grateful." Cannes wants Hollywood stars to give it light, but it rewarded the nonbeautiful person who could light a political fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cannes-Do Spirit | 5/23/2004 | See Source »

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