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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...inscription inside, makes the recognition all the sweeter." Likewise, Kilts believes in the power of the executive touch: "Small things--a hamburger at a fast-food restaurant, a hot dog at a roadside stand or a meeting at your home--can create a lifelong remembrance." But Novak is the sappiest. At the helm of KFC, he carried around floppy rubber chickens in his briefcase, so he could give them out and surprise a deserving employee. Novak would then autograph the chicken and hand the befuddled employee a crisp hundred-dollar bill. Which brings up the obvious: no stunt or roadside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: C-E-Know-How | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...eccentric film buff turned TV maven Enrico Ghezzi, offers one of Italy's best shows by pasting together clips from some of its worst. Five excruciating seconds of a half-naked, singing showgirl segues into 30 seconds of politicians shouting each other down, which cuts to the day's sappiest moment from a low-budget soap. Into this kaleidoscope of bad taste Ghezzi inserts a few news highlights, often including Berlusconi's gaffes, stutters, tirades and unfulfilled campaign promises. Ghezzi repeats them over and over again, to tragicomic effect. But according to the Prime Minister's growing crowd of critics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Berlusconi Channel | 2/23/2003 | See Source »

...directors in the running, including City of Angels' Brad Silberling and Dead Man Walking's Tim Robbins, Columbus had the sappiest rep after his most recent movies, Bicentennial Man and Stepmom. But he also had two Home Alone movies to his credit, which meant that he knew how to work with child actors. Another plus: earlier in his career, as a screenwriter, Columbus penned the wickedly subversive action comedy Gremlins, which was a hit for Warner Bros. in 1984. Columbus admits that as a director, "I was going down this soft, sentimental road...I'm the guy who wrote Gremlins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The First Look At Harry | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

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