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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...creative life is over. He says he's developing a TV series that would be shot partly in New York City and is consulting on two "destination entertainment-cultural developments" being planned in Ontario. The legal morass he faces is "draining, emotionally and fiscally," he admits. "But my spirit is good." It will have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Impresario In Exile | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

...Bush repudiated the referendum after meeting with Connerly in January. "He wants a war," Bush said. "I'm a lover." Florida Republican Party chairman Al Cardenas, a Cuban American, calls the referendum "offensive." And while George W. says he supports "the spirit of no quotas, no preferences," he has declined to back Connerly's cause. Connerly says the party is betraying its core principles. "The Democratic Party is built around these hyphenated groups, but the Republican Party prides itself on supporting individual rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Affirmative-Action Face-Off | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

Well, if you can't be with the one you love, humiliate the one you're with--that's the spirit behind two raunchy anti-dating games, MTV's The Blame Game (weekdays, 2:30 p.m. E.T.); and the syndicated Change of Heart. On Blame, a court-show parody (its slogan: "Love. Heartbreak. Justice.") aggrieved partners "sue" each other before a hooting audience of their peers. Change fixes up each half of a troubled duo on a blind date, then has them taunt each other about their nights of wine and sweet talk ("He liked that I wasn't wearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Sex on TV is... ...Not Sexy! | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

Dick's sobriety should allow him to put on The Big Dick Show, the stage show about his addictions that he was supposed to perform in New York City this spring. He insists it will be as disturbing as his past live performances, which, in the spirit of his hero Andy Kaufman, manage to clear about half the audience by the time he reaches the mooning, rear-end shaving, fake vomiting or simulated anal rape. "The people who leave, I don't want to please," he says. "I want to please people who are like me." He says his lack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Andy Dick Is Not Afraid | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

...working at his side. I learned from him that intimate, almost mystical, alliance between a nation and its leader. The relationship between De Gaulle and France was a personal and unique bond. During World War II, he was the symbol of the Resistance and later the spirit of reform. He restored political and economic stability. Never give up--have the courage to say no--embrace a collective ambition that leaves behind special interests: that is the message of Gaullism. It is one for all times and all nations. De Gaulle not only affirmed a certain idea of France. He also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME 100: Who Should Be the Person of the Century? | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

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