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...Scott Fitzgerald told us there are no second acts in American lives. Fortunately, TV is not life. And ever since Ozzy Osbourne's and Jessica Simpson's comebacks, TV has been doling out second and third acts like Halloween candy. Eccentric Charlie's Angel Farrah Fawcett, p.r. queen Lizzie Grubman and gossip-beset Britney Spears have done reality shows. Kirstie Alley responded to being the butt--so to speak--of tabloid fat jokes on Showtime's sitcom Fat Actress. This summer scandal magnets Tommy Lee and Bobby Brown remind us who they are on NBC and Bravo, while next fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Coming Back Is Hard To Do | 5/29/2005 | See Source »

...Dukes had to be tough and rebellious. Daisy has got to be funny and look great in those shorts." So they Flubberized the car, cast two paragons of rudeness--Seann William (Stifler) Scott and Johnny (Jackass) Knoxville--as Bo and Luke Duke and poured Jessica Simpson into torn hot pants. Hell, that should rankle Osama bin Laden. The national healing begins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Once More, With Feeling | 5/9/2005 | See Source »

...white or something awfully close to it. White is worn to symbolize purity. And Camilla's broad-brimmed hat looked like a lampshade. I don't mean to be critical, it's just the truth. Joy D. Koch Taytay, the Philippines The Duke of Windsor's marriage to Wallis Simpson in 1937 lent a certain acceptance to marrying a divorced woman, and no doubt many copycat marriages followed, some of them less than successful. It is noteworthy that most subsequent photos of the Duke showed a sad man. Now Prince Charles' marriage to Camilla has given cachet to marrying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/3/2005 | See Source »

...Duke of Windsor's marriage to Wallis Simpson in 1937 lent a certain acceptance to marrying a divorced woman, and no doubt many copycat marriages followed, some of them less than successful. It is noteworthy that most subsequent photos of the duke showed a sad man. Now Prince Charles' marriage to Camilla has given cachet to marrying one's mistress and could lead to a rash of copycat marriages, some of which will be less than successful. Let's see whether Charles' future photos reveal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 9, 2005 | 5/1/2005 | See Source »

...Alabama, Dallas and New York City. During the late '60s and early '70s, they were on the opposite ends of every spectrum. In a Fu Manchu mustache, Namath played Elvis Presley to Staubach's Pat Boone. But they came to be stuffed and mounted together and cried along with Simpson during the inductions at Canton, Ohio. As Namath searched the sky for a hangdog man in a houndstooth hat, the late Alabama coach Bear Bryant, he also shared the honors with Pete Rozelle, a football commissioner who once insisted Joe quit the saloon business. For some such mischief never revealed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Benefits Not in a Contract | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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