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...arrived as neither a leather-jacketed Johnny Depp knock-off nor a mall-stud Tom Cruise clone. Instead, the Londoner brought urbane sex appeal back to the screen. Womankind swooned at Grant's portrayal of a befuddled, beguiling wit in Four Weddings and a Funeral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best and Worst People of 1994 | 12/26/1994 | See Source »

Francis Urquhart (Ian Richardson), the Tory party whip who had schemed his way to the prime ministry in House of Cards, returned to battle a reformist King of England (Michael Kitchen) in a sequel that nearly matched the original in savage wit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Television of 1994 | 12/26/1994 | See Source »

Just after announcing that he was retiring his daily syndicated cartoon, Gary Larson brought his mordant wit to TV for the first time in this weird, wordless animated special. Highlight: a sentimental wolf weeps over home movies. Unearthly and wonderful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Television of 1994 | 12/26/1994 | See Source »

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Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: New Anglophile | 12/20/1994 | See Source »

...lads politely introduce themselves to the radio audience. "I'm George, and I play a guitar," etc. Then the Beatles' leader speaks: "I'm John, and I too play a guitar. Sometimes I play the fool." In the beginning, John Lennon was the group's soul and wit, its Elvis and its Groucho. But unlike Elvis, the early Beatles had the quick, larky humor of kids assured enough to make fun of themselves and everyone else. And unlike the Marx Brothers, these were no anarchists -- they were many a mother's daydream of the pop star her daughter might bring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHOW BUSINESS: Becoming the Beatles | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

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