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First, let's get this straight: I am a big fan of Dennis Miller. I have his book, and a CD of his stand-up work. When we got HBO, I watched his show religiously. His nothing-is-sacred take on current events always made me laugh; his obscure references to pop-culture figures from the 1950's made me feel "cultured." It was mostly his "Us moderates like to be assholes" line that hooked me. I've been a fan ever since...
...Chris Noth, who plays Cantwell and is better known as Mr. Big in HBO's "Sex and the City," says rather than dating the material, events have freshened "The Best Man." "Our production is much more subtle than it was in the '60s because of what we've been through. We've seen it all - we've seen a president taken out of office, we've seen a president assassinated, we've seen Clinton." Vidal says he likes that subtler touch. Even if in the end, the play is a bit of a period piece, a remnant of a time...
...documentary "One Day in September" aired by HBO Monday night is a timely reminder, on the eve of the Sydney Olympiad, of the day the Games lost their innocence. It's extremely unlikely today, of course, that a group of terrorists planning a rampage of murder and mayhem in Sydney would be able to gain access to the Olympic Village simply by scaling a fence late at night with the help of some curfew-busting, drunk American athletes. And no Olympic organizers would ever again make the mistake of having the event policed by unarmed security officers and having...
This is not necessarily an insult. Sex (Sundays, 9 p.m. E.T. on HBO, which is owned by TIME's parent company, Time Warner) likens even its finest men to man's best friend. Sex columnist Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) meets her lover Aidan--a shaggy, happy-go-lucky golden retriever of a guy--when his dog cheerfully buries his snout in her crotch. Lawyer Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), cohabiting with scruffy bartender Steve, agrees to buy a pooch with him, and it becomes a metaphor for their unworkable relationship. Husband-hunting Charlotte (Kristin Davis) learns to control her new fiance with...
...gridiron lingo, I had no idea what a "fifth-place schedule" is, but Miller sure did. In fact, my listening to him debate the intricacies of a game I no longer completely understand must be similar to my aunt in Oklahoma trying to keep up with Miller on his HBO show. I can just hear her asking, "Who's this Lina Wertmuller, dear?" Because part of the joy of listening to motormouth Miller is that occasionally he'll stump you, but in the most respectful way. Rather than talk down to his audience, he simply assumes they...