Word: sickingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...former Ovitz associate expressed surprise that Ovitz would get into talent hand-holding again given that he was so sick of it when he left Creative Artists Agency in 1995. But managers, unlike agents, can act as producers, so the new Ovitz enterprise could have a broader scope than CAA. Those who doubt Ovitz has the patience to deal with finicky stars should note that he recently stepped in to help Barry Levinson cut a deal with Warner. And Ovitz?s old friends at CAA are painfully aware that he has taken ample office space on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly...
...series of "improvements" Jones has made to her lineaments, although, oddly, her haircut and the removal of her braces were not considered broadcast-worthy material. Appearing exclusively on PrimeTime Live and in the National Enquirer, Jones said she decided to trade in her "family nose" because she was sick of being made fun of by cartoonists. (This should really help...
...work, gays got to be pitied. But they were typically portrayed as a separate species, the exotic other; and films about them tended to be about their gayness, its birth and death. "It was either 'Mom, I'm coming out of the closet' or 'Oh, my best friend is sick,'" says David Elzer of Trimark, which distributes Kiss. "It was issue, issue, issue. Now we're coming into a new age. Billy's story is universal. Everyone has longed for someone else who may or may not have loved them back." Says Ray Price, head of the company's film...
...bound to get an argument. Which is why I'm impressed by some schools in New Orleans that have asked for, and received, parental permission to test nearly all their students, regardless of what they say about their sexual experience. That way, doctors and nurses can focus on treating sick kids, ensuring that one day, preferably when they're older and married, they can still have children...
...YORK: Sick of absorbing the consistent losses of its online division, Barnes & Noble.com, Barnes & Noble is spinning it off to a place where profits don't matter: the world of the Internet-stock IPO. As part of the whole, Barnes&Noble.com was dragging its parent into the red, losing $23 million in the recent second quarter. As a separate entity, though, the division can instantly join the club of Wall Street darlings -- Yahoo, Lycos, GeoCities and B&N archrival Amazon.com -- who rarely make any money but attract it in droves...