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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Taylor (Home Improvement); cable TV-show host...
Senators got into the production too. Presidential candidate John McCain of Arizona and his colleague Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut have proposed a bill to force the show-biz industry to label violent products with government-approved warnings. The labels would fall under the law that requires warnings on cigarettes. (Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, a crabby film producer suggested this text: "Enjoy the Film, but Remember: Uncontrolled Firearm Use May Be Dangerous to Your Health...
...this gridlock, environmentalists say, is to show it's possible to reduce greenhouse gases without sinking the economy. Solutions include cleaner cars and better wind- and solar-power technologies. Says Greg Wetstone, program director for the Natural Resources Defense Council: "When these kinds of options become available, people will feel less hopeless." Of course, it's also possible that only when people feel less hopeless will they press their leaders to make the solutions available...
...second is a perky little Welsh soprano named Charlotte Church. Her first CD, Voice of an Angel (Sony Classical), went double platinum in Britain and rose to No. 4 on the U.K. pop charts. In recent weeks she's been seen in the U.S. on The Rosie O'Donnell Show and Late Show with David Letterman. Her summer schedule includes pledge-drive appearances on public-TV stations across the country and a June 14 benefit performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington that President Clinton was expected to attend (she has already sung for the Pope). Her dream, she says...
...appeal is easy enough to understand. Audiences love child prodigies, and record-company executives love them even more--especially when they act like ordinary kids, not prematurely serious artist-nerds. That's Church all over: a cheerful talk-show guest, she admits to being a fan of Puff Daddy's and Celine Dion's. Even better, she has the kind of I'm-no-snob demeanor that goes over spectacularly well in class-obsessed Britain, where artists who have (or can simulate) the common touch can count on being boosted by the down-market tabloids. That too is Church...