Word: showbiz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...zine has pursued that demographic more assiduously than Mr. Showbiz, a breezy, topical webzine catering to folks with a serious addiction to the entertainment industry. Conceived by former Spy publisher Tom Phillips, edited by former New York Post gossip queen Susan Mulcahy and lavishly bankrolled by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, Mr. Showbiz dishes up everything from the Scoop of the Day to a daily Hugh Grant poll (Should Elizabeth Hurley dump Hugh? Should prostitution be legal...
...Simpsons. Saturday Night Live. Letterman. Conan. Harvard is not only capable of consuming popular culture at a healthy clip, but the university also has a sneaky way of actually producing the "best" of the nighttime lineup. And thanks to Conan O'Brien, Harvard's connection to showbiz is now common knowledge, for better or for worse. Forget the alumni network in Washington or on Wall Street--Hollywood is the latest Crimson conquest...
...this mysterious mentor?" you may ask plaintively. "Where does the aspiring scriptwriter turn?" There is, in fact, a man on the faculty who bridges the gap between high and low culture. We call this master "David Gewanter." If the Lampoon is the bootcamp of showbiz, an independent study with Dr. David Gewanter is the final testing ground...
...this all TV viewers want from entertainment news? Tabloid shows such as Hard Copy and Inside Edition, for all their voyeuristic overkill, have demonstrated that there is an audiencefor news about celebrities that isn't publicity pap. CNN's Showbiz Today, in its somewhat plodding plain-vanilla style, at least picks up on real trends and occasionally flirts with controversy. (During the recent influx of Cuban refugees, only Showbiz sought the reaction of such Cuban-American entertainers as Gloria Estefan and Andy Garcia...
...side trip to the Picasso exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Paquin returned home to New Zealand, where she's learning that even though you've just won an Oscar, it doesn't necessarily mean you'll spend your time lounging by the pool, reading the showbiz trades and chatting to Jack Nicholson on the cellular phone. No, this week Paquin goes back to school...