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...doesn't officially begin at Greenwich, but don't tell that to anyone in Britain. The London borough, home to the Royal Observatory and located right smack on the 0[degree] meridian, will mark the stroke of midnight, Greenwich mean time, by shooting a green laser beam into the sky and bouncing a satellite signal around the world that will set off international celebrations...
When the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica is opened for midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, 1999, it will usher in the Jubilee Year for Roman Catholics around the world. From that night until the feast of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2001, the Vatican has prepared a full calendar of solemn observances, including prayer vigils, ecumenical celebrations and several canonizations, over which the Pope will preside...
Permanent Midnight...
...aptly-titled Permanent Midnight is not a movie about things that happen so much as it is a movie about a movie. The scenes exist independently of one another, rarely referring to each other. Jerry Stall (played by the ubiquitous Ben Stiller) does not follow his own advice and belt out any gospel, but by all means he could do so without causing the film any disruption. The real life Jerry Stahl was shooting up and working as a highly paid writer for "Alf." The movie Jerry Stahl works as a writer for an "alien puppet show" called "Mr. Chompers...
...didn't get much sleep Tuesday night. Admittedly, the above isn't a very original complaint. It's staple of breakfast table discourse, usually qualified by one of the following: "I started a fifteen-pager at midnight," "The Bow had dollar pints," or--in the spirit of my freshman year roommate--"I had to be awake to check my e-mail at four-thirty...