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...Spinney rode across town in a taxi to his audition, he ran through possible voices. He focused on the driver's voice and realized he'd found Oscar's voice. Henson loved it, and Spinney was hired...

Author: By Sarah E. Henrickson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Chair Honors Big Bird's Creator | 5/24/2000 | See Source »

...down and die. Not only is Sega about to start offering the hardware for free--provided you sign up for the $20-a-month online gaming zone Sega Net--but its catalog of games keeps going from strength to strength. Joining must-haves like Soul Calibur and Crazy Taxi at the show was the epic role-playing Shenmue, whose lovingly rendered hyper-realistic environment surpasses anything yet available for PlayStation 2. Throw in positive feedback for the Microsoft X-box and early buzz about the Nintendo Dolphin, and there is good reason for Sony to watch its back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PlayStation Redux | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

Nevertheless, it seems clear that the advertising outlets that exist today--TV and radio commercials, print ads, billboards and taxi tops--will not be plentiful enough to accommodate all the commercial messages that are agitating to get out. Advertising will therefore necessarily slip beyond the boundaries of the 30-second commercial and the full-page ad and migrate to the rest of the world, including entertainment, journalism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Will Advertisers Reach Us? | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

After the aircraft landed safely at California's Edwards Air Force Base last December, its onboard computer was to instruct the plane to taxi along the runway at about 15 m.p.h. Instead, the computer commanded the jet-powered drone to taxi at 180 m.p.h. The aircraft zoomed--to about 90 m.p.h.--before it careered off the runway, smashed its landing gear and collapsed into a sandy hill, causing $5.3 million in damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pentagon Capers | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...Bloke is pragmatic rather than classy. One of the first things Pearce did on arriving in Los Angeles for his role in L.A. Confidential was study the bus routes. The notion of a limo was beyond him. If said Bloke does catch a taxi, he gets into the front seat with the driver. This is not practical, but the Australian Bloke fears anyone's thinking he has put on airs. This explains Crowe's odd behavior at the Oscars this year. He wasn't scowling because he was grumpy; he was just letting his mates back home know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Of Mad Max and Madder Maximus | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

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