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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...tattered genre Hollywood could revive, making a few bucks and a lot of converts to the old magic of movies. At least, it would indicate that liberal Hollywood isn't afraid of serving up the occasional helping of traditional values alongside its usual smorgasbord of guns, fists, tits and smirk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holy Hypocrisies | 2/27/2004 | See Source »

...spiteful rhymes and often tuneless tunes uncomfortably evoke thoughts of slavery—functional, slow and relentless like dirges, with scarred chants serving as choruses. There’s little time for bling-bling hedonism; at best Banner and clique wallow in their grim depravity with a smirk. Crunk ballads (!) such as “My Lord” are overshadowed by workhorse tracks like “Crank It Up” and the “Like A Pimp” remix. If the first Mississippi: The Album was cathartic and empowering, then this one only finds relief...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW MUSIC | 2/20/2004 | See Source »

...bling necklace,” faux fur coat, skimpy skirt and black triangle bikini top. And despite her emphasis on stylistic independence, Gollogly’s roommates reveal that influence works both ways. “That top,” Perry says with a smirk, “was actually mine...

Author: By Margot E. Kaminski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Sincerest Form of Flattery? | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

...chili pepper quotient, getting one of their fruit smoothie-shakes (the lady manning the blender is generous to a fault with the fruit, but ask her for less syrup unless you want a serious case of the shakes) and retiring to the nearby park just up the street to smirk at hapless fools with patties lurking in their upsized Super Value Meals...

Author: By Vaughn Y.H. Tan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Where the Flavor Lives | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

...Hard, BRUCE WILLIS played a cop fighting evildoers with little more than a Beretta and a smirk. In Iraq last week, the father of three wielded a harmonica and a cash reward. Willis, 48, and his rock band the Accelerators performed for soldiers (haven't they suffered enough?), who sat atop helicopters and in humvees on various Army bases in the sweltering Iraqi desert. "If you catch him, just give me four seconds with Saddam Hussein," the actor told a cheering crowd as he promised $1 million to the person who nabs the dictator. And if Saddam won't talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 6, 2003 | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

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