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...Oscar season rolled around, however, the film had lost much of its heat. Truman received a handful of nominations, but Linney was denied a nod for her creepy, hilarious turn as Jim Carrey's wife, an overly cheerful actress who periodically turns to hidden cameras in their home to plug household products, and the film itself was absent from the Best Picture category. "You call something the movie of the decade and you're asking for it," says Linney. "There was a backlash, which I don't think this movie will...
...handful of states, such as West Virginia, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nevada and New Mexico, are so spooked by the chaos on the West Coast that, at least for the moment, they are pulling the plug on deregulation. "We're going to wait for the smoke to clear," says North Carolina state senator David Hoyle, co-chairman of the legislative commission that just delayed the planned deregulation...
Sure, this is only acting--star acting, of an intensity and sultriness that stirs memories of such golden-age Hollywood names as Rita and Ava--but Lopez projects a cheery fearlessness in other venues too. Is she expected to plug her new picture and CD? Then she'll go on all the talk shows, even if it means being asked to discuss her boyfriend Sean ("Puff Daddy") Combs' imminent trial, during which, according to news reports, a witness may finger her as an accomplice. (Yes, she told Matt Lauer last week, she'd be willing to testify.) Maybe Lopez believes...
Barth's software, which must be downloaded to a PC's Internet Explorer browser, searches airline, car and hotel websites to find exclusive low fares. (Mac and Netscape versions are in the works.) An Internet plug-in allows bargain hunters to view Sidestep's search results and competitors' side by side...
...ready TVs from the big makers, including Panasonic and Zenith. Internal hardware and software, built by TeleCruz, will drive the cost of the TV up an extra $100 or $150, but some models will provide free Net access, and others will let you use your existing service. Just plug a phone line or network cable into the back of the TV, and you will be a couch-potato surfer...