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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Zwick intended his movie to explore the contradictions of an American culture "whose central founding myths involve liberty and tolerance," many Muslim- and Arab-Americans across the country feel it also perpetuates Hollywood's malignant portrayal of their religious and ethnic culture...

Author: By Murad S. Hussain, | Title: IDENTITIES UNDER SIEGE | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

...that's debatable: Frank Haddad (played byTony Shalhoub), Hubbard's FBI Lebanese-AmericanMuslim sidekick, is a very positive, humorous andhuman portrayal of the first major non-terroristMuslim character in a Hollywood movie. The mostpowerful moment in the film shows Haddad searchingthe internment center frantically for his 13year-old son, a natural-born American citizen,whom the Army seized from his own home duringtheir round-up. I put myself in his son's placeand imagined my father as Frank--both came to thiscountry 20 years ago, both became naturalizedcitizens and both made their careers in theservice of others. My eyes began...

Author: By Murad S. Hussain, | Title: IDENTITIES UNDER SIEGE | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

...young editor's head hasn't been entirely turned by this attention from New York City and Hollywood. "I used to think that all we really needed to be a big success was to hook up with somebody in show business who knew what he was doing," he says. "Well, they don't really know what they're doing." Sounds like another hot news item for the Onion: HUMOR EDITOR DISCOVERS VAPIDITY IN HOLLYWOOD...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All the News That's Unfit | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

...only a matter of time before other professional wrestlers followed Jesse ("The Body") Ventura's lead and declared their political candidacy. Personally, we were hoping it would be a long time. But this week ("Hollywood") HULK HOGAN plans to throw his bandanna into the ring and announce his intention to run for President in 2000. "When Jesse won, I said to my wife, 'My God, I'm 10 times more popular than him,'" says the man once known as Sterling Golden. "People know Hulk Hogan like they know McDonald's and Chevrolet." According to Hogan, those people include Ross Perot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 16, 1998 | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

...year working with Koenig to painstakingly return his home to its original glory: "This house is about simplifying your life, about storing things away a little more and choosing a minimal amount of things to be shown. It's just enough simplicity to totally change your life." When Hollywood suits are forced into simplicity by their houses, you know something's going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Back To The '50S | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

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