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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first day of Master and Commander, he handed out three shirts to each cast member and ordered them to return in 24 hours with name tags sewn on them as a way of getting them used to taking orders from him. "It was kind of done with a wink," says co-star Billy Boyd, who plays a coxswain. "Kind of not, too." Crowe says he does this kind of thing a lot and that it is part of his "work on behalf of the character," but some directors have complained about his free-lancing. "On A Beautiful Mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Bold Man and The Sea | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

...matters of morning-after etiquette as her friends searched her face for clues. They waited in desperate anticipation as Dartboard mulled over her options: either explain the gory details (with just the right amount of embellishment to send them quivering home in shame), or spare them with a tacit wink that implied: “Don’t worry, you were fine...

Author: By The Editors, | Title: Dartboard | 10/17/2003 | See Source »

...through her rich lawyer daddy (Ryan O'Neal); we should hate her. But here is where Silverstone makes the show. Reese Witherspoon--Silverstone's successor as Hollywood's pixie of choice--has made a career of playing such characters (Election, Legally Blonde) with a stylized, satiric wink. Silverstone plays it perfectly straight and dares you to sneer instead of melt. And she wins. We ignore that most of Kate's setups fail and that, Cupid that she is, she can't see that her puppy-eyed architect client (David Conrad) is her dream guy. It makes no sense, but Silverstone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: She'll Make You Love Her | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

...Tigers are in complete denial. They are trudging through their ineptitude without a sly wink, convinced they are getting Jobed every night. But unless they pull off a miracle in the next week, they will have the most losses in modern major league history. They were statistically eliminated from winning their division on Aug. 22. And that's the American League Central, a division most people don't even know exists. Their owner has decided the team is so uninteresting that he's spending more money on the payroll of his hockey team, which plays a sport most people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beautiful Losers? Not These Bums | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

...Tigers are in complete denial. They are trudging through their ineptitude without a sly wink, convinced they are getting Jobed every night. But unless they pull off a miracle in the next week, they will have the most losses in modern major league history. They were statistically eliminated from winning their division on Aug. 22. And that's the American League Central, a division most people don't even know exists. Their owner has decided the team is so uninteresting that he's spending more money on the payroll of his hockey team, which plays a sport most people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beautiful Losers? Not These Bums | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

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