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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Should he become a star, Del Toro will face the challenge Cage did: to focus his danger, his eye-catching weirdness, without losing it. Or he might follow his instincts and go even wilder - become the first leading madman. "Hopefully I'll get more opportunity to do things that will challenge me," says the young lion. "Hopefully I'm getting my freedom, coming out of the cage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Six Boffo Actors Worth Checking Out | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

...Rebel: The Truth About Phil Spector - Rock and Roll's Legendary Madman," by Mark Ribowsky, E. P. Dutton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Obsessionist | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

...world's most fortified border, he was dangerous. Fast forward to last week's summit in Pyongyang. When Kim Jong Il, still pudgy, and still wearing a poufy black hairdo, reached out with both hands to welcome South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, the makeover of the madman image was complete. The 58-year-old leader of the world's most mysterious country had been transformed into a fellow who could crack jokes at his own expense, banter about kimchi recipes and show proper Confucian deference to the elder President Kim. "I am aware that one of your legs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Remaking of Kim Jong Il | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...watch. The bathroom's only mirrors were against the urinals, which said more about the entertainment industry than anything that happened on the stage. Without mirrors, people at the sinks had to face one another, which offered some uncomfortable moments. That is, until everyone's favorite irrepressible foreign madman, Roberto Benigni, looked up to discover a friend across the way. They immediately started doing that fake mime mirror thing. I don't know how you say "trying too hard" in Italian, but Robin Williams is no doubt going to learn it on his next trip to Italy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Buddy, Watch the Shoes! | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

...make out the pale halo of the city's lights--lights that can be seen from outer orbit, against the dark face of a planet couched in the shadow of night. They make their way down to the strip and all around the city. They're greeted by a madman's dreamscape: castles made of sand, built with bags of mob money and later rebuilt with the bounties of multinational entertainment cartels. The scene is almost as hot as the desert itself. The Beautiful People congregate nightly at The Beach and Club Rio. If that doesn't work out, there...

Author: By Robert J. Coolbrith, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Reservation for One: One man, one hundred dollars and 15 hours at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

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