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Project Greenlight (Bravo, Thursdays, 10 P.M. E.T.) The moral of this Hollywood reality show, formerly on HBO, is that we get the movies we deserve. This year's victim--er, winner--John Gulager, is picked to shoot a horror flick by Dimension Films, only to be immediately undermined by paranoid executives. We end up rooting for him and against ourselves--since all those straitjacketing studio decisions are based on a thorough knowledge of what we will pay for at the box office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 6 Shows To Catch On Cable | 4/24/2005 | See Source »

...esque animated comedy with enough obscure pop-culture references and cringe-inducing ethnic jokes to give “Family Guy” a run for its money. MacFarlane provides the voices for both Peter Griffin, the loveable, overweight father-figure in the older series, and Stan Smith, the paranoid, flag-wavingly patriotic father (and, again, the inspiration for the show’s name) in “American Dad,” as well as a number of major supporting characters in both shows...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Family Guy’ Creator Strikes Again | 4/22/2005 | See Source »

...Hackamore’s previous lovers: the mysterious and exotic Luna (Anastasia Artemyeva ’08) and the street savvy and fiery Miami (Leah R. Lussier ’07). The women are surprised to find their former paramour in such a ruined condition. A paranoid invalid with ashen features and untrimmed hair and nails has replaced the jet-setting playboy for whom they first fell...

Author: By Bernard L. Parham, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: On the Radar: Seduced | 4/22/2005 | See Source »

...Barbara) D. (for Davis) Hyman declares that the front door is always open to her estranged mother. But only a masochist would enter after the appearance of this seething volume. According to the author, the Mother Goddam of movies for four decades was something else offscreen. The paranoid figure saw herself as a feminine version of Gulliver. "Never relax," she warned B.D., "or the Lilliputians will climb up your legs and devour your soul." No defect goes uncharted, from the star's alcoholism to violent maledictions from her fourth husband, Actor Gary Merrill: "The only people who can be around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Aug. 19, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...overstay his time in the ring. He lost his crown, became a referee and, briefly, an overweight professional wrestler. The battle between the Good Colored Boy and the resentful black man finally claimed its victim in the late '60s: he became a drug user and a blurting paranoid, convinced that murderers were stalking him. His last job before his death, in 1981, was as a "greeter" in a Las Vegas casino, where he signed autographs and played golf with high rollers. Frank Sinatra covered many of his medical bills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pride and Prejudice | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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