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Hugh Grant, of course, is a mega-Hollywood star now even though he started with smaller, usually independent, usually British films. In Small Time Crooks, he finally sheds his trademarked earnest likeability for a role that's more sinister. I talked to Grant in New York about his new role and his career trajectory...
...economists go, German-born Ernest F. ("Fritz") Schumacher was an oddball. He didn't believe in endless growth, mega-companies or unlimited consumption. His 1973 book with the bumper-sticker title Small Is Beautiful became an eco-bible (worldwide sales: 4 million copies). Urging the West not to foist fuel-gulping technologies on poor nations, he instead favored "appropriate" solutions--oxen, say, rather than job-eliminating tractors. In posthumous tribute, even the World Bank now agrees that small-scale aid projects, relying mainly on the people themselves, are indeed beautiful...
...release by Kid Rock (you thought Devil Without a Cause was his first album?) got hammered by the angstful, flanneled, head-banging juggernaut that was "Here we are now, entertain us." But Mr. Hick-Hop was not the only rocker that suffered. Metallica was temporarily uncool and Megadeth was mega-dead. Meanwhile, Korn was chillin' on the West Coast in Bakersfield, Calif., gathering up rage motivated by not having dates to awkward high school formals, jealousy towards big jock bullies and their hot cheerleader girlfriends, and tolerating parents that would not let them smoke dope and swear. Their question: when...
...times whether I think Matt Damon, Class of 1992, was an appropriate host for last week's Cultural Rhythms and I barely think it deserves any more thought. Matt Damon's a nice boy and all, but what a lame-o choice. In an effort to find someone mega-famous, the producers of the show forgot to find a truly "Cultural Artist" to be a representative of all the performers' hard work. Matt Damon isn't cultural. He's a super celebrity. But he isn't cultural. And I'm sure he knew that too, from what I hear about...
...While it looks more and more like the party faithful will prevail in a Bush victory on Super Tuesday - where most of the primaries are reserved for registered Republicans - McCain's supporters insist that next Tuesday's mega-primaries (including California, the ultimate trophy) will be a much more germane indicator of nationwide trends than the events in Virginia, or even Washington. "The McCain people are chalking up Tuesday as nothing to worry about," says Dickerson. But while it is clear that McCain maintains a staggering degree of popularity among nontraditional GOP voters, he may be fighting a losing battle...