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Parker's laid-back delivery, which can seem mannered in some roles, is perfect for the shell-shocked Nancy, and the characters are well realized almost down the line. (The exceptions are her egregiously stereotyped black pot suppliers.) Creator-writer Jenji Kohan gives Weeds an arch yet dreamy tone that improves on its two obvious influences. It's Desperate Housewives with nuance, Six Feet Under without the self-seriousness, a pot comedy worth the buzz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Addictive Laughter | 8/7/2005 | See Source »

...think I'd mind. I mean, scientifically and animalistically it's not realistic. Men look for nice, strong women to have children with, and that's their instinct. I'm not gonna put any pressures on my husband to be the perfect husband. If that's something he had to do and that's the kind of man he was, which he's not, I just wouldn't want to know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A Kate Hudson | 8/7/2005 | See Source »

...gets tossed or lifted in the air, Katie must rely on her teammates to catch her. At cheerleading camp, she ends up sporting an ice pack after one of them, inattentive for a split second, accidentally socks her in the face with an elbow. Katie's push to be perfect has left her with tendinitis in one knee, requiring a brace that she always carries in her backpack. Once, her vision faded to black, smack in the middle of a tricky tumbling run involving a back handspring and back tuck (though she kept going). None of that, however, compares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Push To Be Perfect | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

Some requirements for cheerleaders haven't changed. They are still expected to be well-turned-out fashion plates, hair pulled into a tight ponytail, uniform just so. Tans--from a bottle or a tanning salon--are a must. "The girls have to be picture perfect," says Euless cheer sponsor Kelli McDaniel. Monica's mom Daphne Brigham keeps a sharp eye on her daughter at the S.M.U. camp, monitoring her for slips.--and, naturally, finds one. "Didn't we talk about this?" she asks Monica, pulling her aside for a wayward bra strap. "If your top is pink, your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Push To Be Perfect | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

...about one person," she says on the last day of camp. "You want to encourage other people to do good so your team will all come together." Try as she might to be upbeat, however, Krystin can't quite hide her physical and mental exhaustion. Being 13, perky and perfect is tough, even for a cheerleader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Push To Be Perfect | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

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