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When Dana Giacchetto was flying high, they called him the rock-'n'-roll broker. His client list was more Melrose Avenue than Wall Street: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Matt Damon, Michael Ovitz. For the club-hopping Giacchetto, the line between client and buddy was as thin as a supermodel. He put DiCaprio up in his SoHo loft and vacationed with Courtney Cox's family. He had a knack for wrapping himself in buzz. In a New York Times profile of Ovitz last May, Giacchetto dropped names the way most brokers drop bad stocks. "Get me Michael!" he reportedly shouted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Falling Off The A-List | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

Totem International, a company that sells "gay" dolls, recently debuted Tyson, an African-American muscleman with a shaved head. So, was the inspiration boxer Mike Tyson and/or male supermodel Tyson Beckford? Totem denies the doll is based on a living person, but toy Tyson does have similarities to the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 13, 1999 | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...Most of the articles that mention Donald Trump's girlfriend Melania Knauss refer to her as a supermodel. I've never heard of her. Is she really a supermodel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ask Dr. Notebook | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...Absolutely not. Knauss has appeared on only the following magazine covers: Ocean Drive, Country Living, Self, Hamptons and British GQ. She's also done a watch-company ad and a Panasonic commercial, and some inside shots for Allure. That's it. Technically, "supermodel" applies only to the six who gained unprecedented success in the late '80s and early '90s: Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer and Kate Moss. None of whom the Donald is currently dating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ask Dr. Notebook | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...most personal of makeovers. In business for more than a century, the company seemed fusty and passe, a bunch of pesky ladies in sensible shoes pulling samples out of Tupperware. But when Avon decided to present a new face last fall, it didn't seize on snappy slogans or supermodel spokeswomen. Instead, it opened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day at the Spa | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

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