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...WRITTEN 10 BOOKS IN FIVE YEARS. ARE YOU TRYING TO OUTDO STEPHEN KING? No, he's scaring people. I don't want to scare anybody. I just feel a sense of urgency ... to get a message out there. I've had obesity obliterate my family--it took my father early, and I've got two nephews over 500 pounds. I feel a sense of urgency to shake people up about that...
Garden State is one of those movies for which the trailer—one of the most lyrical, intriguing and hypnotic short films I’ve ever seen—threatened to outdo the whole thing from the start. But the movie is also graced with another presence that recommends it, and perhaps also endangers it at the same time: the triple threat of New Jerseyite Zach Braff, who wrote, directs and stars...
There's little glory on offer, probably none. As the 64th fastest of 69 qualifiers, Gould will need to outdo herself to progress past the heats. And no matter how well she swims she won't be going to Athens - the 50-m 'fly isn't an Olympic event. Australians will watch her, admire her perhaps, and she may inspire some over-40s to get active again. But the future of Australian swimming rests with rivals like Melbourne-based Danni Miatke, whose best time for the 50-m 'fly is 3 sec. faster than Gould's, and who's racing...
...decided that we should all play the Dating Game. But, in the version of the dating game that I’ve watched on TV the girl always leaves with one of the bachelors. I asked the guys questions and they made up phony answers to try to outdo each other’s smashing wit. The strained chicanery was finally over when one of the guys announced that he had a 4 p.m. class to be at. We all left awkwardly, without any indication that we’d ever be seeing each other again...
When asked how he planned to outdo Queen Latifah, last year’s host, Lopez asked if she rapped during the 2003 show...