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...each other and because they seem mostly like modern stereotypes--appropriate, since many of them are involved, in some way, with television. There's the dying and regretful media mogul (Jason Robards), his gold-digging but guilt-ridden wife (Julianne Moore), his devoted and compassionate caretaker (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the sickly and proud game show host (Philip Baker Hall), his angry and cocaine-addicted daughter (Melora Walters), the suspiciously confident seduction guru (Tom Cruise), the lovelorn and by-the-book police officer (John C. Reilly), the celebrated but pressured boy genius (Jeremy Blackman), and the despondent and pathetic...

Author: By Rajesh Kottamasu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Magnolia: Petal to the Mettle: P.T. Anderson's circus of dysfunction is worthy of P.T. Barnum | 1/14/2000 | See Source »

...heretofore been relegated to the margins of Anderson's films, is devastating as the coked-up, brink-of-breakdown Claudia, who can't stand to be loved because she thinks so lowly of herself. That's not all, though; the magnificent Hall is also in top form, as is Hoffman. And Reilly. And Cruise. And so on, all the way down the line of supporting roles...

Author: By Rajesh Kottamasu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Magnolia: Petal to the Mettle: P.T. Anderson's circus of dysfunction is worthy of P.T. Barnum | 1/14/2000 | See Source »

...Henry Kissinger b) Martha Stewart c) Albert Einstein d) Abbie Hoffman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The TIME Centennial News Quiz | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

Jameson also recommended plastics. I thought this was a clever reference to the advice Dustin Hoffman gets in The Graduate until I realized that women with fake 34Ds don't joke about plastics. "There is a new company coming out, Botex. It's actually a friend of mine." Oh yeah, baby. This was the insider stuff I was hoping for. "He makes this new kind of plastic they're going to be using on tennis shoes and tires that doesn't wear out. Once that comes out it will be really cool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The Stock Market Keeps Rising | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

...decided she actually loves the old guy and is in a guilty frenzy to prove it. He, meantime, is desperate to reconcile with his estranged son (Cruise), who, under an alias, runs viciously sexist seminars teaching men how to have their way with women. Earl has a nurse (Hoffman) who tries to get everyone what they want before it is too late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Magnolia | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

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