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...welcome wagon. There's Darlene (Robin Wright Penn in a reprise of the troubled slut she portrayed in Forrest Gump and Moll Flanders; I miss The Princess Bride), the old flame passed between Eddie and Mickey who counters Eddie's infidelity with her own in mock independence. There's Phil (Chazz Palminteri), the struggling actor who drowns his artistic voice in a persistent whine about his own worth. And there's weed, Valium, fast cars, big houses, sex, sex and more...

Author: By Francesca Petrosino, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HURLYBURLY | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

...uncle Phil greeted me with an enthusiastic handshake. No need to wait for baggage claim, I told him, I've got all I need right here on my back. I wedged my pack into the miniature trunk of his MR-2, and we began to roll. "Seventy-five cents" announced the lot attendant at the exit gate. Uncle Phil, handing over a five spot, smiled and said, "I think I can handle the stress." Of course he could, it's California...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Passport Not Required | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

...certain Clinton will be let off. If a Senator thought the President lied but did not commit perjury, for example, he or she could vote to affirm the lie in the finding of fact without voting to convict on impeachment. Some conservative Republicans, such as Phil Gramm, oppose the gambit, contending that it is designed solely to give cover to moderate Republicans, allowing them to say they punished Clinton without having to convict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fasten Your Seat Belts | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...part, because rap's aesthetic of sampling connects it closely to what is musically palatable. Some of the songs hard-core rappers sample are surprisingly mainstream. DMX raps about such subjects as having sex with bloody corpses. But one of his songs, I Can Feel It, is based on Phil Collins' easy-listening staple In the Air Tonight. Jay-Z's hit song Hard-Knock Life draws from the musical Annie. Tupac's Changes uses Bruce Hornsby. Silkk the Shocker samples the not-so-shocking Lionel Richie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hip-Hop Nation | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

Fairer days are just around the corner: An enthusiastic crowd of 15,000 watched as groundhog Punxsutawney Phil failed to see his shadow early Tuesday morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Picture of the Day | 2/2/1999 | See Source »

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