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When The Thomas Crown Affair first appeared in 1968, its most memorable scene was a sexually charged chess game between Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. Audiences will feel rooked by the remake--it lacks the original's kitschy cool--but they'll surely remember "the Dress": a black peekaboo number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Lady and the Champs | 8/9/1999 | See Source »

Identity crisis only worsened two years ago when the op-Arts were removed from FM to form the separate "Arts" section. "What now?" thought the magazine editors. And thus Fifteen Minutes, sans arts section, tumbled into confusion. Who are we, where are we going? Various theories surfaced. Some editors thought...

Author: By Aaron R. Cohen, | Title: So You Wanna Be an MTV VeeJay Too | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

Identity crisis only worsened two years ago when the op-Arts were removed from FM to form the separate "Arts" section. "What now?" thought the magazine editors. And thus Fifteen Minutes, sans arts section, tumbled into confusion. Who are we, where are we going? Various theories surfaced. Some editors thought...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FAME IN THE NAME | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

The pub, instead of the usual television above the bar, has a kitschy fish tank; instead of Top 40 teeny-bopper music, it showcases an Irish seisun (session), in which Irish musicians form an impromptu ensemble, playing everything from traditional flutes to a bouzouki, a guitar-like instrument.

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pubs Bring Ireland To Hub | 3/17/1999 | See Source »

Unfortunately, the drug is in short supply, and most of it is used up in combatting Principal Drake (a delightfully bitchy Bebe Neuwirth) who quips, "you kids are going to be in very big trouble." At this point, with tension building and constant doubts about who's really human, we...

Author: By Sara M. Jablon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: THE FACULTY | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

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