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'Zoolander'
Times Film CriticThe call went out, not for a hero, but for someone "extremely dimwitted." For "a self-absorbed simpleton who can be manipulated." For "a shallow, dumb moron." In a word, for "Zoolander." Derek Zoolander is not a superhero but a supermodel; the only...Tags: Donald Trump, VH1 (tv network), Fashion Shows, Satire (genre), Paris Hilton
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'On the Line'
For The Times"On the Line" is sophisticated romantic comedy for people who think "Corky Romano" is trenchant political satire. For those who have no real problem with that ... well, I guess I don't either. The movie is a Cheez Doodle--airy, empty, messy and, in the...Tags: Emmanuelle Chriqui, Joey Fatone, Movies, Comedy (genre), PG Rated Movies
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Seen and heard around and about the DNC
"He even looks dashing in a Santa suit." -- Elizabeth Edwards, introducing John Edwards "USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!" -- chanted by the delegates after a corps of retired generals and admirals took the stage to endorse John Kerry -- Los Angeles Times staff...Tags: Weather, John F Tierney, Forehead, Biz Markie, Lauryn Hill
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'Wicked,' 'Assassins' Lead Tony Nods
AP Drama WriterIt was a "Wicked" day, with the lavish "Wizard of Oz" musical nominated for 10 Tony Awards, Broadway's highest honor. "Assassins," the chilling Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical about presidential killers, followed with seven nominations Monday....Tags: Tony Awards, Sanaa Lathan, Awards and Prizes, Journalism, Christopher Plummer
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Playhouse keeps venerable tradition alive
Hartford Courant staff writerNot long into Act I of the Cape Playhouse story, a determined young woman in a summer dress and heels strides down a rutted, sandy drive toward a churchlike building. It is early summer 1928, and sea gull caws meld with distant hammering. The playhouse's...Tags: Jean Stapleton, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Gertrude Lawrence, Forehead, Movies
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Heavyweights
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday February 17, 1995 Is it politically correct these days to be fat and proud or thin and proud? Disney's new kidpic "Heavyweights" plays it both ways: It says it's fine to be chubby and then goes ahead and makes all the usual chubby...Tags: Cinema Industry, Ben Stiller, Movies, PG Rated Movies, Joe Roth
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