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...hour presentation ended with an extended standing ovation for the aging musical icon, who was visibly touched...

Author: By Joseph P. Flood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fifth 'Beatle' Speaks at Sanders Theatre | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

...insider-y, one-liner: a weary Midler looks in the mirror and moans, "I look like the last 20 minutes of For the Boys," her 1991 drama about USO performers. Then there's a gay-flight-attendant cliche, surprisingly lame on a show from a longtime gay-community icon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Bette Midler Plays the Role of Her Life--Literally | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

...criticize contemporary politics. Wag the Dog features a White House-recruited Hollywood producer creating a distraction--in the form of a fake war--from a risqu sex-scandal threatening the president on the eve of his re-election. Bulworth recounts the tale of a disenchanted and suicidal political icon who finds solace when he begins to speak the truth--rather than his usual lip service--regardless of the consequences of his offensive, yet candid, remarks. And Primary Colors tells the story of an idealistic political aficionado seduced into organizing the presidential campaign of a slick southern governor...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, | Title: The Stronger Contender | 10/12/2000 | See Source »

...great emptiness naturally accompanies the departure of an icon. I saw it coming when I first heard the rumors, and I feel...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saved By The Bell: Ew Gotta Wonder | 10/4/2000 | See Source »

...computers). "We said, 'Let's take our optimistic runaway prosperity and just drop-kick it,'" says Cameron. But just as captivating is the show's mix of black, brown, white and yellow faces. It was a conscious decision, says Eglee, to reflect the diversity of the setting--Seattle, icon of the new economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: 2020 Vision | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

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