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...critically acclaimed and Golden-globe nominated picture Analyze This added a whole new dimension to the gangster film genre: the anxiety-attack prone mafia boss in dire need of psychological help. Moviegoers agreed that this story of the journey of mobster Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) towards mental stability, aided by his reluctant psychiatrist Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal), was an innovative comedic undertaking which put its then-unknown production companies on the map of Hollywood fame...

Author: By Gary P.H. Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: "That's Not Bad" | 12/5/2002 | See Source »

...hero whose work couldn't transcend its parochial appeal. Through it all, he's struggling to sustain the punk/anarchist/anti-war/anti-mass media/manic image that makes him the icon of every angst-ridden teenager and 20-something in the chrysanthemum kingdom. "Life is beauty," says Takahashi with a smile that vacillates between gangster-like snicker and angelic beam. "But it's pain as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wear and Tear | 12/2/2002 | See Source »

...financial support is also a sign that ideology has been swamped by the chaos of the intifadeh and the rise of a gangster class of guns for hire. Officials from Hamas and the Palestinian Authority met in Cairo last week to discuss an agreement to end suicide bombings. But Arafat canceled plans to send his usual troubleshooter, Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary-General Mahmoud Abbas, and sent lower-level officials instead. Hamas responded by pulling back its top man, Khaled Meshaal. Even the limited progress reported at the meeting was condemned in a communique issued in Gaza by Hamas and Islamic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism's New Backers | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...cool? Yeah! Because he's himself, he does his thing to the best of his ability and he picks projects that give him an opportunity to show you his talent. You love him for him," says LL. "I'm not a teenager, I'm not a gangster, and I have no reason to pretend to be. I'm 34. I'm a guy who loves his music and enjoys what he does. I love my family--I'm not ashamed to say I have a wife and four kids--and I just don't allow any of the normal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hip-Hop Grownup | 10/14/2002 | See Source »

...police permit; in Singapore. Chee's application for a permit had been rejected on the grounds that the rally would threaten law and order. It is the third trip to jail for Chee, who Singapore's founder Lee Kuan Yew has called a "congenital liar" and a "political gangster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 10/14/2002 | See Source »

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