Word: glamourizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...although it might seem that if one were making a movie about a charismatic, handsome, wealthy young man and the lonely misfit who desperately wants to be him, one would cast Damon in the glamour boy's role, he says he identifies with the dork. "I really relate to Ripley," says Damon. "I always did. I think most people will." And while there are differences--Damon says he played Ripley as a virgin, which, given his dating history (Claire Danes and Minnie Driver are two of the famous ones), must have been a stretch--there are also similarities. Damon...
...smart-looking young performers--Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jack Davenport--giving vigorous life and fine shading to roles of wealth or breeding. They parade their star quality (or supporting-actor quality) not by screaming and cussing Method style but by radiating an unforced glamour that recalls Hollywood in its Golden...
...Warhol created himself famously: He established a scene with his artwork and consumed '60s glamour with eccentricity. He patronized Studio 54 in New York City, an elite space where fame hung in the air--it was a democratizing agent that transformed everyone into a celebrity...
...world religion has depended. Without some such conviction, how else might a core of terrified cowards and brave women be so emboldened to spread the news of their teacher's salvation to a hostile world? There was no real money in it for them, no great power or glamour, only centuries of persecution. The still astonishing fact is that they believed their teacher had died and then returned, not in a vision but in a credible body, to urge them outward. What more has any person ever known about...
...helps that women now shop for cosmetics differently. "Young women loathe department stores--the whole system of waiting at the counter, having to get someone's attention," says Charla Krupp, an editor at Glamour magazine. Today's consumers prefer to grab a lipstick at Victoria's Secret or a boutique store, or to shop online. Nearly 25 new cosmetics websites have been launched this fall. Even the mass-market retailers are taking their cue from the indies. Sears has just introduced T.i.m.e. (The Instant Makeup Expert), a $20 color-coordinated kit; and Target is relying on Sonia Kashuk, Cindy Crawford...