Magazine Archive
Jul 30, 1999
Issue #496
Cover Story
If We Ran Hollywood
Jul 30, 1999
Things would be a lot different. Forget
those ballooning budgets and blockbuster movies. Oh, with a
little imagination...
Read Article

Best-sellers
Biz
That's All, Folks
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Jul 30, 1999
Warner Bros.' dynamic duo hang up their
suits--after two decades on top of the Hollywood heap. Read Article
Cybertalk
Encore
Undie Film Movement
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Jul 30, 1999
Tom Cruise slid into stardom Aug. 5,
1983, thanks to a brief encounter in Risky Business. Read Article
Notebook
Scene
Tech
Between the Lines
Big Deal
100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll
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Jul 30, 1999
VH1 counts down the 100 Greatest Women
of Rock & Roll and causes Ken Tucker to wonder who the
heck drummed up this wacko list. Read Article
Book Capsule Review
Book Commentary
Book News
Book Review
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Jul 30, 1999
In a '90s answer to her '80s hit Slaves of New
York, Tama Janowitz depicts a less appealing,
Hamptons-hopping Bridget Jones. Read Article
Jul 30, 1999
How the networks covered the sudden,
shocking death of John F. Kennedy. Again. Read Article
Can This Career Be Saved?
Cover Story
If We Ran Hollywood
Jul 30, 1999
Things would be a lot different. Forget
those ballooning budgets and blockbuster movies. Oh, with a
little imagination... Read Article
Digital Commentary
Digital News
Battle of The Bandwidths
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Jul 30, 1999
Rolling Stone and MTV go
one-on-one in a heated contest over websites, Net radio, and
downloadable music. Read Article
Go Figure
Home Games
Jim Mullen's Hot Sheet
Jim Mullen's Hot Sheet
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Jul 30, 1999
The 15 hottest topics for the week of July 30, 1999 Read Article
Mail Page
Mail from our readers
Jul 30, 1999
Check out letters from those who agreed with us, and those who didn't Read Article
Movie Capsule Review
Movie Commentary
Movie Review
The Haunting
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Jul 30, 1999
Opulent sets, ornamental stars, and polished
F/X fail to spruce up The Haunting, a frightfully creaky money
pit. Read Article
trick
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Jul 30, 1999
In the funny, sparkling trick, a young
composer finds sweet love beneath the spicy city Read Article
Inspector Gadget
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Dec 27, 2006
Matthew Broderick overextends himself as a
gizmo-sprouting cop in the gimmicky Inspector Gadget Read Article
Music Capsule Review
Music Commentary
Hot Jazz in the Twenties: Vols. 1 and 2
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Jul 30, 1999
Hot Jazz in the Twenties: Vols. 1 and 2 Read Article
Music News
Adult Contemporary
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Jul 30, 1999
RANDY'S ALL OVER THE
CHART----AND WE DON'T MEAN TRAVIS Read Article
Music Review
Be Thou Now Persuaded: Living in a Shakespearean World
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Jul 30, 1999
The Bard suffers the slings and arrows of
outrageous misfortune in a boxed set that tragically forgets the
play's the thing. Read Article
On the Town
Pop Culture News
Alterna-Flicks
Jul 30, 1999
BURNED BY ALL THE GROSS-OUT
TACTICS AND JAR JAR ANTICS? THEN CHILL OUT
WITH THESE COOL SUMMER MOVIES Read Article
Rhymes with Rich
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Jul 30, 1999
Driven by Internet buzz and shrewd
marketing, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT breaks box office
records, stuns Hollywood, and turns indie Artisan
Entertainment into a major player. Read Article
Re: Career Counseling
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Jul 30, 1999
TO: SMITH, DICAPRIO, ROBERTS, BARRYMORE, FOSTER, HAYEK, MCGREGOR,
TRAVOLTA
FROM: ANDREW ESSEX, STAFF WRITER Read Article
Like Father Like Son
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Jul 30, 1999
From down under, meet Hollywood's
hottest new power broker--though LACHLAN MURDOCH
must first prove he can cut it atop Rupert's Everest, News
Corp. Read Article
White Wash
Jul 30, 1999
Could a '70s hit like Sanford and Son even get on
the air in 1999? Given the shocking lack of minorities on Big
Four shows, only if the stars were white. Read Article
Re: Best Unproduced Screenplays
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Jul 30, 1999
TO: DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVES
FROM: JESSICA SHAW, ASSOCIATE EDITOR Read Article
Re: New Movie Stars
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Jul 30, 1999
TO: CASTING DIRECTORS
FROM: DAVE KARGER, STAFF WRITER Read Article
Re: You're On Warning
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Jul 30, 1999
TO: MCCONAUGHEY, CAGE, RYDER, BALDWIN, WILLIS, STONE
FROM: JEFF GORDINIER, SENIOR WRITER Read Article
Random Shots
Reel World
Stage Review
Do You Believe?; I'm the One That I Want
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Jul 30, 1999
They've been down, they've been out. Now
two strong women, Cher and Margaret Cho, take back the
stage, each in her own way. Read Article
Television Commentary
What To Watch
Jul 30, 1999
A day-to-day guide to notable programs. Times
are Eastern daylight and are subject to change. Read Article
Television News
The Ratings
Time Capsule
Video Capsule Review
Video Commentary
Video News
Video Review
Payback
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Jul 30, 1999
Revenge is sweet for Payback's Mel Gibson
and Point Blank's Lee Marvin, but Mad Mel just doesn't
commit to the evil that men do. Read Article





