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Elizabeth: Elizabeth was a bad, shallowmovie posing as a good, smart one. Neophytedirector Shekhar Kapur made a perfect mess of thealready-thin plot by attempting to cover up itsgaping holes with purple velvet and big, shinyswords. Want to toss historical accuracy out thewindow? Fine. Want to direct a period piece likean Aerosmith video? Okay. But must you givetalented lead Cate Blanchett such an atrociousscreenplay to work from? Must you so steadfastlyrefuse to permit your title character theslightest bit of development until the last reel?Kapur's film may have conned enough dopey Academymembers to secure it a nomination, but inevitablecomparisons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oscar is Beautiful Saving Private Oscar Thin Red Oscar Oscars in Love Oscar | 3/9/1999 | See Source »

...Mike Tyson gets 20 days in solitary for his jailhouse TV toss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top 50 News Stories (Of Last Wednesday) | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...Today, we can place our chips on different parts of the table hoping the roulette wheel will award us with a winner. Maybe one of these possibilities can come true, we say as we toss some names to the lovedocs at Datesite. If I receive a Datesite message, the odds of guessing your intentions are slim. Maybe I think that you put me because you thought I put you because I thought...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, | Title: Endpaper: Due Apprehension in a Brave New World | 2/18/1999 | See Source »

...additional thirty seconds of sudden death, in which a coin-toss winner gets to choose to be on top or bottom, Kurtz was able to escape Urbinelli...

Author: By Jodie L. Pearl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Wins Pair, Slips vs. No. 17 Cornell | 2/16/1999 | See Source »

...trying to get the most bang for their buck, producers toss in every ingredient in they can think of to make the most profit: the biggest, most expensive actors, the most complicated special effects and the most exotic locales. Time and time again, the one element they always gloss over is a credible story. They figure if they truss it up enough, the audience will be fooled by all the razzle dazzle. Most of the time it doesn't work...

Author: By Judy P. Tsai, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: love in a bottle | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

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