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...Aaron Levin, who owns an independent long-distance company in Castle Rock, Colorado, tore up an application for a $25,000 line of credit with no annual fee when he saw that he would incur an immediate finance charge each time he used the card. "It's frankly a rip-off," Levin says. "It's packaged for someone who needs to make a big purchase and doesn't know where else to find the money...
...type tunes for girl groups and beach boys. Hanks' new film That Thing You Do!, about the Wonders, an imaginary pop group from Erie, Pennsylvania, features songs in the style of the Beatles, the Ronettes, the Ventures, Jan and Dean, even a little bogus Bacharach. And the ultimate British rip-off group, the Rutles, are cashing in on the Anthology with their own Archaeology CD--satire you can hum along with...
...EMMYS] GARRY SHANDLING, whose The Larry Sanders Show won its first Emmy, said, "All my jokes are based on our winning nothing. Rip Torn has ruined that, thank...
...peddling jeans, mostly around New York State. In 1984, with backing from Hong Kong tycoon Mohan Murjani, he set up his own shop. Hilfiger led with his chin, with ads in which he compared himself to Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein. The industry laughed--here was a tyro pushing rip-off designs and affecting to be an immortal. But Hilfiger was dogged. He came to recognize the flair in black street style, recombined it with his preppie instinct and found a niche in fashion no one can laugh...
...once in a while, he would look up, bring his mouth to the small microphone on his desk and say, "The following jurors will report to the fourth floor..." I had mixed feelings at these moments: on the one hand, anything to get out from between Diane Steele and Rip Van Winkle. On the other hand, I knew that if I avoided being called for three days I would be excused, whereas if I got called, I might land on the jury of "O.J. Part...