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...lavish spectacles that have become prime-time fare on MTV's highly rated My Super Sweet 16. The show documents the excesses of privileged youths commemorating the mighty achievement of making it through their 16th year. Shell-shocked parents--always uttering the mantra "It was worth it"--typically peel off checks for upwards of $200,000. We learn that from the Sun Belt to Erie, Pa., the lack of taste knows no ethnic, religious or cultural bounds. You give teenagers $200,000, and they will spend it exactly as you would expect. The parties are the aesthetic equivalent of Hilary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweet 16 and Spoiled Rotten | 4/16/2006 | See Source »

...AVENGERS - THE COMPLETE EMMA PEEL MEGASET...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 TV Spies To Love On DVD | 4/10/2006 | See Source »

Long before Alias' Jennifer Garner traveled the world's nightclubs undercover and barely covered, Diana Rigg donned the catsuit of justice as superhot, supercool British spook Emma Peel. The plots seem frothy in retrospect--in one, an alien artichoke threatens mankind. But the quick-witted, flirty interplay between Mrs. Peel and bowler-hatted John Steed (Patrick Macnee) never gets old. This massive set collects all 51 Peel episodes plus three rare Avengers, a making-of film and more. Crisply written and sophisticated, it's a stylish time capsule of the mid-'60s apex of British mod-era style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 TV Spies To Love On DVD | 4/10/2006 | See Source »

...next item he was shown was a handsome pizza peel, one of those flat, round metal sliders used to move pizza to and from an oven. Batali looked eager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Super Mario! | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

...ultra-right winger and a maverick, who toppled former Democratic Congressman Jack Brooks from his nearby district. After one term in Washington, Stockman, an eccentric who slept in his office, was defeated, but he has announced he will run as an independent in the 22nd district, where he could peel off some conservative votes if he gets on the ballot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DeLay Squares Off Against Democratic Rival | 3/8/2006 | See Source »

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