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...house release or just out on DVD. In these fascinating acts of cinematic aggression, which either skirt hard-core or plunge right in, Breillat strips her heroines to the bleeding soul. Anatomy of Hell, Breillat's latest, is notorious for the objects--a rake, a lipstick case, a tampon--used as sexual implements. Across the Channel, Michael Winterbottom (Jude, Welcome to Sarajevo) tries to span the chasm separating serious cinema from hard-core with his new 9 Songs. Here the sex is explicit but tender, less a porn-film workout than a view of two people trying, for a while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Let's Talk About Sex | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

Ortho-McNeil's Ortho Evra is a squarish adhesive patch that sticks onto the body and lasts a week. Organon's NuvaRing is a clear plastic hoop inserted like a tampon and effective for three weeks. The package includes a clock to remind the user when to remove the ring. "These products are designed for women who don't want to think about contraception on a daily basis," says New York University Medical Center's Dr. Michael Silverstein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Birth Controls | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

...September that icon of feminine protection, Procter & Gamble's 65-year-old Tampax tampon, will shed its plain white wrapper and reinvent itself as the Tampax Pearl, with an easier-to-use, pearlized applicator decked out in a pastel wrapper that won't turn to confetti at the bottom of a purse. The intended customer, says Tampax spokeswoman Elaine Plummer, is the "joy consumer--the postpone-no-pleasure, spare-no-expense, accomplished, feminine woman who wants her tampon to be more fashion accessory than hygiene product." In other words, the woman who wants designer everything--inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Packaged Good | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

...mother's doctor said she'll live to 100 b) falling off his horse playing polo c) finding out what being a tampon would really entail d) one whiff of Fergie's new recipe: Spleens and Beans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Aug. 13, 2001 | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...signs $100 million contract with the Knicks. During press conference he vows to live lavishly and acquire expensive cars Losers PRINCE PHILIP Queen's hubby tells 13-year-old aspiring astronaut he's too fat for space. This from a man whose son said he wanted to be a tampon PEDRO ALMODOVAR Spanish director riles activists by killing four bulls during filming. His first flicks?Kill All Bulls and Kill All Bulls II?should have tipped them off MILES BYRNE Job description: Carry clubs, hand club to golfer, put club away. Caddie costs Ian Woosnam the British Open by carrying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

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