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...girlie," says Nancy Juvenon, Barrymore's partner in Flower Films, which will produce a remake of the Jane Fonda sex sci-fi spoof Barbarella, with Barrymore in the title role. (Flower has three projects in the works; that makes Barrymore, 26, a baby mogul, or mo-girl.) Now the un-chic phrase, the F word, is feminism, because it connotes a starchy righteousness. "A bad thing about old-style feminism," says Amy Pascal, the Columbia Pictures chairman who greenlighted Charlie's, "was that you could be a brain surgeon but you couldn't be a sexy brain surgeon. Finally some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Go Ahead, Make Her Day | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...girlie," says Nancy Juvenon, Barrymore's partner in Flower Films, which will produce a remake of the Jane Fonda sex sci-fi spoof "Barbarella," with Barrymore in the title role. (Flower has three projects in the works; that makes Barrymore, 26, a baby mogul, or mo-girl.) Now the un-chic phrase, the F-word, is feminism, because it connotes a starchy righteousness. "A bad thing about old-style feminism," says Amy Pascal, the Columbia Pictures chairman who greenlighted "Charlie's," "was that you could be a brain surgeon but you couldn't be a sexy brain surgeon. Finally some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Go Ahead, Make Her Day | 3/18/2001 | See Source »

...those are just the straight uptempo numbers. If the tune's your thing, you won't find much bigger hooks than "Daydream Believer," and "Pleasant Valley Sunday" has a breezy, lovely Carole King melody; social commentary never felt so un-preachy. They didn't play much on the early stuff, but Mickey Dolenz could really sing, and when they finally did start to play their own instruments, the difference wasn't all that noticeable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Hey, They Were the Monkees | 3/16/2001 | See Source »

...pessimism," a quality he believes we should have in order to live significantly. Knowing the possibilities before her, Lena risks her life and even proposes her own death to her husband Boesman, projecting her will and power over him. Berry, who was blacklisted in 1951 by the House of Un-American Activities, left Boesman and Lena as a last testament of his artistry and political commitment. Berry's work in theater began early. In 1946, in his early 20s, Berry was a touring director for both Richard Wright's productions of Native Son and How Deep are the Roots, which...

Author: By Desiree L. Lyle, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Film Archieve Features Black Arts | 3/16/2001 | See Source »

...regime intends to destroy these statues and countless other archeological treasures. Why? Because they are un-Islamic, since they are idols, sculpted in man's image, say the Taliban. "We do not understand why everybody is so worried," declared Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, who issued the decree last Monday to smash all pre-Islamic idols around the country, "All we are breaking are stones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1) No Television
2) No Statues | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

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