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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...pants." Who knows? Rock stardom could even be more fun for Weezer the second time around than in the alterna-purist mid-'90s. "At the time, it was definitely not okay to be successful. It wasn't cool," he says. "The whole rock-star thing was considered to be lame. Nowadays, it's totally come back in style." The world has indeed turned. Three hundred and sixty degrees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Rock Is Rollin' | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

...Unfortunately, as the entire movie-going public knows all too well, Ben?s latest release will be very hard to ignore. However, as the movie itself insists on informing us via a mind-numbing array of explosions, fireworks and lame dialogue, we are, on film, anyway, a stubbornly optimistic nation, populated by heroes with indomitable spirits. And so we can turn what might otherwise be unproductive and crushing embarrassment for these young actors into hope. Specifically, hope that one of these celluloid heroes either signs up for an acting class - or, conversely, undergoes some unspecified life-altering experience that gives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unsolved Mystery: Just What Is the Allure of Ben Affleck? | 5/25/2001 | See Source »

...best luck with the Home Theater Master SL-8000 ($79). It had my TV up and running in 20 seconds. I tried my cable box next. It's a harder case: the remote it came with is so lame it can't even turn up the volume. The SL-8000 had it working inside of a minute. Volume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Control Freak | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...Have we learned anything? Last season we saw that the reality trend wasn't just limited to "Survivor," and that last year's favorite programming crutch - building star vehicles around big stars - was as lame and misguided as you'd have thought. This week, the emphasis will be on sitcoms and dramas, but with reality shows ready to be thrown in as soon as those series fail. Meanwhile, the first murmurs we're hearing about network schedules have sitcom and drama vehicles in the works for Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen DeGeneres, Jason Alexander and on NBC - and I only wish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out Front of the Upfronts | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...what's he doing in the final three? Mediocrity. There's always somebody else - more likable, more formidable, more something for the group to get rid of before they get around to Keith. And that's why even if he follows form and pulls up lame in the Immunity Challenge, it's not a bad bet that Tina and Colby will turn on each other to get Keith into the finals. Because who in that jury is gonna vote for Keith? Jerri...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colby, Keith or Tina? | 5/3/2001 | See Source »

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