Word: superhip
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rock is co-starring in a comedy-fantasy due out early next year called Dogma, which also stars buzzed-about actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and is directed by hot indie filmmaker Kevin Smith (Chasing Amy). On Aug. 21, Rock begins a new season of his critically lauded, superhip HBO talk show, The Chris Rock Show. And Rock recently finalized a deal with HBO to develop new specials and series for the cable channel. "HBO has been known for breaking top comedians, and Chris is the most important to come along in a long time," says Chris Albrecht, president...
Vince Vaughn, who co-stars alongside Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, is so money. Last year, Vaughn, a struggling actor, was a lead in the low-budget Swingers, a Gen-X comedy about latter-day lounge lizards bantering incessantly in superhip lingo--kinda like this, baby. In one scene, Vaughn's character picks up a woman in a bar while the theme from Jaws plays in the background; Steven Spielberg saw it, and the rest is show-biz history. Says Vaughn: "I do this one small movie...
...everyone knows the genealogy of grunge: the Stooges and Black Sabbath got married (Iggy Pop has always been somewhat of a traditionalist) and had Seattle. The superhip blame grunge on MC5, the New York Dolls and, of course, The Velvet Underground. I would add old-style metal bands like Kiss and Dio to the list of grunge predecessors, but hey, that's just...
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