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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...postmillennial America. It combines music shows from the '50s with variety shows from the '70s and a sense of glamour from Dynasty. The participants include thickly accented dancers and judges who add to the cheesy Eurovision Song Contest vibe. The set contains enough mirror balls, fairy lights and glitter to be visible from space. The songs are tepid wedding-band versions of American pop hits. This is a show you would not be surprised to see if you turned on the TV in your hotel room in, say, Bulgaria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are You Ready to Rumba? | 6/20/2005 | See Source »

Campers: Underprivileged city kids get fresh air and job training at the Fishkill, N.Y., Camp Mariah Best reason to pack: Professional advice from a five-octave diva whose career survived Glitter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campy Stars | 6/12/2005 | See Source »

...couples exited City Hall, they were showered with glitter and multicolored feathers by Su Eaton, a Somerville resident who dressed in pink-and-black stockings and a tutu, and carried a wand...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Year Later, City Celebrates | 5/18/2005 | See Source »

...that that is driving the numbers up. Celebrities including Angelina Jolie and Fiona Apple have confessed to past self-mutilation. Though it's true that such public disclosures encourage ordinary kids to come forward, it's also true that when glamorous people suffer from something, a bit of the glitter rubs off on the condition. "Cutting grew into a huge fad at school," says Michelle, 13, who is being treated at the Vista Del Mar clinic. "In seventh grade it seemed every single girl had tried it--except the really smart ones." Then there is the Internet, where cutting chat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cruelest Cut | 5/9/2005 | See Source »

...conform. I stood up for what I believed. I'M AN OUTSIDER, AND IN MY OWN SMALL WAY I'M TRYING TO DO SOMETHING.' No one ever accused DeLorean of lacking hubris. But from all the evidence, his life has been less devoted to piety than to speed and glitter. 'I live on adrenaline,' DeLorean said flatly 13 years ago, when he was a golden boy at General Motors ... A few months ago, just when the FBI says he began planning his drug-dealing scheme in earnest, DeLorean told a group of sports car dealers: 'We will do anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

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