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...confident, articulate buffoon who has no idea he's messing things up--Ted Knight without the bubbling insecurity, Will Ferrell without the boyish need to please. With his serious, Father Knows Best demeanor, Carell maintains self-assurance in the face of obvious failure; he's a pompous but lovable loser. "I myself am a lovable loser. So it's an easy transition," Carell says while sitting in the trailer for his upcoming movie, The 40-Year-Old Virgin. "I'm more loser than lovable, but I bring lovable to the screen. That's where all the craft and years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The New Office Guy | 3/13/2005 | See Source »

This time, winner keeps playing—at one of eight possible sites for the first round of the 2005 NCAA Tournament, to be televised on ESPN—and loser goes home. For good...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ivy Champs Prep for Rematch, NCAA Bid | 3/11/2005 | See Source »

...President, I can't tell you this country or that. But who suffered most from it? Syria. Syria was the biggest loser. The Lebanese, definitely, they lost ... But Syria lost more." And later, as he was escorting me to the door, he said, "Please send this message: I am not Saddam Hussein. I want to cooperate." The plea was at least partly believable. Obviously, he is not Saddam Hussein. It was also plausible that he wants to cooperate. It just didn't seem very likely that he could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Appointment in Damascus | 3/6/2005 | See Source »

Hilary Duff is a loser and a chicken. For all her supposed “fame,” our new (extension) freshman princess refuses to join thefacebook(forextensionschools).com and compete with all the other (extension) students out there for the most (extension) friends. Man-up (extension) Duff. It’s one thing to say you go to Harvard (extension), but it’s another to live la vida Harvard (extension...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Duff at Harvard | 2/28/2005 | See Source »

...Contender is craftily made and more affecting than the campy Survivor and Apprentice. And the boxers seem more earnest and less cynical than most reality shows' camera hogs. The loser of the first fight doesn't seem as if he's about to laugh it off and book a Hollywood agent. "I've been fighting since I was 5 years old," he says. "Where do I go from here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Why Did Nitro Kill Himself? | 2/20/2005 | See Source »

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