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...Although Halal can t recall any particularly immoral or tasteless pictures, he s not eagerly awaiting any, either. So this spring break, stop and think of Mike Halal before you immortalize Mr. USC in all his jiggling glory...

Author: By R. Parr, | Title: Your Eyes Only? | 4/8/1999 | See Source »

...OCCUPATION: waifish British supermodel BEST PUNCH: Former Johnny Depp squeeze reportedly called Schiffer's engagement to magician David Copperfield "phony and tasteless," suggesting they were really in love with each other's fame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 29, 1999 | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...glorified people who have become grotesquely wealthy and downplayed their negative impact on society. In many cases the detrimental effects have far outweighed any benefits incurred. Sam Walton created a company that has destroyed thousands of small businesses. Ray Kroc and McDonald's have given us unhealthy, tasteless food and a lot of low-paying jobs. Worst of all was your choice of builder William Levitt and Levittown's clone houses. Similar suburban developments have resulted in the paving over of thousands of acres of farmland and forest. These people were not visionaries; they were opportunists who diminished the American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 28, 1998 | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

...good for Robin; she has just been dumped (not for her daughter, though), and she can't quite seem to figure out how to attend cocktail parties and remain sober for more than ten minutes. She visits a professional whore (Bebe Neuwirth) for sexual advice. This unravels into a tasteless scene of two grown women simulating oral sex on bananas, the new Mia Farrow predictably performing less than swimmingly. Later on she remarks that she has turned from an English teacher into the kind of woman she hated previously, but she's happier now. It is funny that in attacking...

Author: By Lauren M. Mechling, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: CELEBRITY | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

Perhaps it is fitting that a character who does not know who he is not is played by an actor who does know how to play him (Am I Woody? Am I not?). Allen's allegory about how tasteless we have become with our obsession with a syndicated world is, in its own way, a vapid world, inhabited by characters who are as silly...

Author: By Lauren M. Mechling, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: CELEBRITY | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

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