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Sorry, girls. American Idol's dreamboat, Justin Guarini, will not be 35 in time for the next presidential campaign. But the field is open for any U.S.-born citizen of age to become reality TV's nominee for the 44th President, Idol-style, thanks to American Candidate, coming to FX network...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Political Reality: Can TV Make a President? | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...more satirical Oliver Beene acknowledges that the '60s were not all cheap catharsis and the Mashed Potato. Whereas American Dreams' touchstone is Bandstand, Beene's is Lenny Bruce, who is the idol of the 11-year-old protagonist (Grant Rossenmeyer). The pilot finds the family hunkering in a basement bomb shelter during the Cuban missile crisis, with the parents squabbling over who will dispose of any bodies they find outside. ("It's always me!" Mom grouses. "Doing the dishes, washing the windows, burying the dead!") "I think any warm and fuzzy image of the past is wrong," says creator Howard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Look Back In Angst | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...know that when it comes to the important work of the nation, Americans can make the tough choices. Of the nearly 16 million people who had nothing better to do than phone in votes for one of two finalists on Fox TV's American Idol, an overwhelming majority opted for substance over style, anointing former waitress KELLY CLARKSON over onetime door-to-door salesman Justin Guarini. The show followed 10 would-be stars as they vied for a recording contract by singing hoary pop standards, with the TV audience eliminating one contestant a week. Down to the last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 16, 2002 | 9/16/2002 | See Source »

...country is more united, and less; more fearful and more secure, more serious and more devoted to American Idol. It is like looking at your child's baby pictures. You know exactly who it is: every feature is both different and the same, despite new expressions, and furrows and knowledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What a Difference A Year Makes | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

...finest martial artists. Yuen Wo-ping?a master known to international audiences for his wire work on recent martial arts blockbusters Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and The Matrix, was hired to choreograph the fight scenes, reviving material that appeared on his r?sum? 20 years ago. Venerable Japanese screen idol Sonny Chiba is both cast member and combat coach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blood Sport | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

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