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Once we were encouraged to seek variety in our water beds, not our refrigerators. But according to the latest sex survey, most of us are now content with the erotic equivalent of vanilla ice cream. Sex got too scary and too hard to negotiate. For the millions of us who live glued to keyboards and monitors (computer at work, TV at home), food may be more than entertainment. It may be the only sensual experience left...
...this all TV viewers want from entertainment news? Tabloid shows such as Hard Copy and Inside Edition, for all their voyeuristic overkill, have demonstrated that there is an audiencefor news about celebrities that isn't publicity pap. CNN's Showbiz Today, in its somewhat plodding plain-vanilla style, at least picks up on real trends and occasionally flirts with controversy. (During the recent influx of Cuban refugees, only Showbiz sought the reaction of such Cuban-American entertainers as Gloria Estefan and Andy Garcia...
...considerable musical skill. Motown is their label, and with their harmonies and look-alike outfits, they hark back to the classic Motown vocal groups like the Temptations. The Boyz released their debut CD just after the Milli Vanilli lip-synching scandal. It was a cynical time for pop music. Vanilla Ice had a best-selling pseudo-rap album; New Kids on the Block had gone multiplatinum. Were there any real singers left? Was everyone as fake as Rob and Fab's hair extensions? The answer to these questions was Boyz II Men. Cooleyhighharmony was quality, old-school music...
...spokesman explained why his company wanted to be linked to the festival: "This is a progressive event dedicated to the idea that people can have it all. Peace on earth, great music, high tech, great family life that blends perfectly with our message -- reward, indulgence and nutritional balancing." Also Vanilla Swiss Almond...
...Have Ice Cream at Herrell's This is easy, but the lines on hot nights may give new meaning to those jokes about the "People's Republic of Cambridge." Go for the Malted Vanilla...