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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...1870s. And goodness knows there's no harm in innovation. I just hope the new ketchup doesn't pave the way for a landslide of increasingly dramatic reincarnations in the condiment market - or we could all spend the foreseeable future nibbling on sandwiches spread with magenta peanut butter and platinum-hued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Green Ketchup? Please, I'm Trying to Eat Here | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

...deejay, but he also sings and plays with a backing band when he's on tour. His 1995 album Everything Is Wrong sold about 125,000 copies. His critically acclaimed new album Play, which samples old blues songs and sets them to futuristic beats, has already gone platinum. The rave scene is catching on with a new generation of fans, Moby believes, because it offers an alternative to today's version of bubblegum. "The consolidation of all the different record companies under big multinational parent companies," he says, has spawned the current crush of mass-produced teen pop acts. "Your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Happiness Is...A Pill?: Rave New World | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

...seem niggling, but Oates has asked for them, and for many more like them. Her novel works best during the early years, when her subject is unknown, a pretty but troubled young woman in search of a love that will always elude her. When Marilyn appears in all her platinum glory, the point of Oates' project fades. As a character in the novel says, "The fact was, you never looked at anybody else if you could look at Monroe." Still true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Anatomy of an Icon | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

...Ages: 16 to 20 Sounds Like: 'N Sync meets Dru Hill Fun Fact: All five members are more than 6 ft. tall and wear size 12 shoes. Yowza! Sample Lyric: "Don't make me wait 'cause I'm ready now/Let's get biz-zay, one time!" Sales Outlook: Platinum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Kids off the Block | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

...from Ireland Ages: 19 to 21 Sounds Like: Backstreet Boys meets Richard Marx Fun Fact: Kian, Shane and Mark played T-Birds in high school production of Grease Sample Lyric: "I can't breathe when my heart is broke in two/ There's no beat, without you." Sales Outlook: Platinum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Kids off the Block | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

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