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...think it was the scent that did it," reports People page editor Belinda Luscombe." A cultural milestone of sorts was reached this week with the announcement that "The Bridges of Madison County" has fallen off the New York Times bestseller list, ending a 162-week run during which the book sold 10 million copies. "Bridges" first hit the list in August 1992, and has stayed there longer than any fiction book since "The Robe" captivated readers in the 1950's for 178 straight weeks. "People got the book, the movie, the calendar, the follow-up books, the record," says Luscombe...
...Internet itself. But all that changed with the advent last year of HotWired, the sassy online sister of Wired, and later of Pathfinder, Time Warner's mammoth collection of magazines-come-to-the-Net. Advertisers sensed new possibilities. And why not? The typical Internet user is a Madison Avenue parfait: mid-30s, hyper educated, mostly male, and with plenty of disposable income and free time...
...general audience films containing no morally objectionable material (e.g. "The Lion King"). "A-2" is for adults and adolescents ("Miracle on 34th Street," "Apollo 13"). "A-3" films are suitable for adults only ("Bye, Bye Love"). "A-4" is for adults, with reservations and caution ("The Bridges of Madison County"). And the rating you've been waiting for, O, means morally offensive ("Die Hard With a Vengeance," "Exotica" and "Two Girls in Love"). Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, today responded that the current system "is for everyone: Jews, Catholics, heretics, agnostics. Everyone!" Photographs...
Back in the days when Bill Bradley was playing forward for the Knicks in Madison Square Garden, it often seemed that his greatest gift was something akin to clairvoyance. He sensed not only where every other player on the court was at any moment but also where they would be next. Well before he felt the ball on his fingers, Bradley was already in position to score...
...Alabama, James Hood, 52, has returned, this time to study for a Ph.D. And to prove he doesn't hold a grudge, Hood plans to ask Wallace--who once pledged to "bar the schoolhouse door" to prevent desegregation--to hand him his diploma, come graduation. Now a dean at Madison Area Technical College in Wisconsin, Hood says he realized even back then that Wallace's stance was just a gesture. "I respect him as a human being. He did what he did because he was the ultimate politician," says Hood, who left Alabama shortly after he enrolled, in part because...