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...sooner or later you hit a ceiling, as The WB already seems to have done. In the short run, it seems to be sticking with youth - one high-profile project for next year is "Smallville," about Superman's teen years - but losing "Buffy" and possibly "Angel" might eventually shake it out of its pattern, verging on self-parody, of one drama about angsty teens with superpowers after another. Whereas UPN, reaping the benefits of "Buffy," could find that there's life, and ratings, beyond the "Smackdown!" demographic. In which case, in the end, the girls might just win this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the 'Buffy' Coup Could Change TV | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...complete financing later this year, using many of the same investors. The World's condo buyers are proof that if you build a floating town, they will come. But will they stay? Industry insiders say that granting residents ownership creates potential friction with ship operators. Others foresee an inevitable shake-out as passengers shun certain amenities or even one another. Andy Vladimir, co-author of Selling the Sea: An Inside Look at the Cruise Industry, anticipates restless natives: "It's like vacation time-shares. People buy a place in Hawaii with the idea they'll go there for 20 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home Afloat | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...there’s one thing the comic book community has never completely been able to shake it’s the stigma associated with age. Since comics were originally geared towards children (even today many within the industry still colloquially refer to them as “funnybooks”), a great majority of people have come to associate comic books exclusively with kids—and the claim “Only kids read comics!” has become the standard (and inaccurate) battle cry for the legions of adults with “more serious?...

Author: By Richard Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beyond the Panels | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

...like the giant squid that surprises its protagonists—a little slower than the final cut, but tipsy with the same effervescent guitar-coaxed glow. “Alien” lurches forth with snarling blues licks, sneering the same themes of social alienation and sexual obsession that shake the album. Though not included on the original release, its lyrics easily rank among the Moonlight’s most caustic: “And if I see you snooping ’round my farm / I’ll give you a mug of cocoa, then...

Author: By Diane W. Lewis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hitchcock, Soft Boys Still Rock Hard | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

...Final Four. Tina, Keith, Colby and Elisabeth. One Kucha, three Ogakors, but it was a surprise when those labels still mattered this week (did Amber's exit mean nothing?) and it'll be a bigger one if they matter next time. How will it all shake out? There's only one thing for sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Survivor': Farewell, My Old Kentucky Joe | 4/19/2001 | See Source »

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