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Retrospectively, Karin’s attitude is almost nonchalant. But at the moment, she feared being hurt physically. “I did think of maiming. I knew that their paws are huge and can snap necks without even trying. But I was also close enough to hear the mirth from the onlookers...it was all very fleeting,” she reports...

Author: By M. R. Brewster, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: I Was Attacked by a Lion (Kinda)! | 10/11/2001 | See Source »

...talk show featured a parody instructional video, How Not to Get Your Ass Kicked by the Police. "Follow these easy tips," Rock said. "First, obey the law!" Rock knows the most cathartic laughter springs from a masochistic impulse. (Sadistic laughter, on the other hand, is the junk food of mirth.) Bring the pain--please...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedian: Chris Rock | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

...obligated to tell you "The Lone Gunmen" was cancelled and "The X-Files" will return, without David Duchovny, but with Gillian Anderson, who will be dragged in screaming by a team of wild horses and the two-year contract she regretted signing the second "The House of Mirth" wrapped. There will also be a "Temptation Island 2." Which is as good a time as any to leave the assembled crowd now, as they embark below deck, for one final grueling round of eating giant cocktail shrimp, getting hammered and buying some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Upfronts: Reruns From UPN and Fox | 5/18/2001 | See Source »

...childhood summers spent with relatives in Georgia. Still, this non-diva is a prized commodity in the New York City theater, where she's starred in Uncle Vanya. Indie filmmakers love her too; she can currently be seen in Terence Davies' adaptation of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth. And she has a nice little cult following owing to her role as sexual-revolution poster girl Mary Ann Singleton in two Tales of the City miniseries (a third will air this year on Showtime). But in her major movies, she's been upstaged by her male co-stars: Truman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top Performers | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

...childhood summers spent with relatives in Georgia. Still, this non-diva is a prized commodity in the New York City theater, where she's starred in Uncle Vanya. Indie filmmakers love her too; she can currently be seen in Terence Davies' adaptation of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth. And she has a nice little cult following owing to her role as sexual-revolution poster girl Mary Ann Singleton in two Tales of the City miniseries (a third will air this year on Showtime). But in her major movies, she's been upstaged by her male co-stars: Truman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Top Performers | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

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