Word: tabloidization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That was last summer, before her life spun completely out of control, before it was again and again on Oprah and Dateline and Geraldo, before it was retold (and often mistold) in papers from the New York Times to the tabloids. Letourneau's relationship with Vili, who turns 15 in June, as well as her conviction and imprisonment, have drawn international attention. The BBC has come to Seattle to film a documentary. Her image has been an alluring paradox: at once darling suburban teacher and predatory monster; so blond, so pretty, so...dangerous to children? She is more complicated...
...sentenced (in November), Mary and Steve barely spoke. According to Spin, she had to sleep in the car outside their home because she was under court orders not to live in the same house as children, even her own. In a series of interviews with the TV tabloid show American Journal, Steve said he cried often during this period and his children were confused and devastated...
...Need a new plot? Deadline-U.S.A. has a small case of the treacles, but it's stirring nonetheless -- and something to think about in this tabloid age. Bogart, additionally, is reason enough to watch. Spot Mr. Howell and Ed Begley Jr.'s father, and you get a gold star. Try The Paper (1994), co-penned (and cameoed in) by current TIME editor Stephen Koepp, if you've got to see something post-war, but please, please don't rent I Love Trouble, unless you really do. Because CP will find out where you live...
...make my knees knock." "I like your curves"--or, alternatively, "I like the way the hair falls down your back." And when all else fails: "Kiss it." Lawyers of the future will know to reach at once for the trademark wordplay of Robert Bennett, growling at plaintiffs, "This is tabloid trash with a legal caption." Even our knowledge of medicine has deepened. Everyone now knows that Peyronie isn't an Italian luncheon meat...
...that responsibility on himself. He has announced his intention to wed another 17-year-old actor, RACHEL MINER. "We're so happy and proud that we found each other at such a young age," said a statement released by one of Culkin's advisers. And his mom told the tabloid the Globe that she's "thrilled to death" about the nuptials. "He really, really loves her." When one has lived as much as Culkin, perhaps one reaches the level of maturity needed to make marriage work. On the other hand, probably not. History suggests that Culkin and Miner should make...