Magazine Archive
Aug 16, 2002
Issue #667
Cover Story
What's real and what's fake? A guide to movie F/X
Aug 08, 2002
Here's how special-effects experts made the impossible look real in ''Men in Black II,'' ''Star Wars: Episode II,'' and other big movies -- an excerpt from Entertainment Weekly's Aug. 16, 2002, cover story
Read it
Charts
Close-Up
'Park' Victory
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Aug 16, 2002
Tapping into the teen R&B market, BET's video-countdown
show 106 & Park hip-hops right past MTV's TRL. Read it
Digital
Paging Bettie
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Aug 16, 2002
A pioneering '50s pinup queen gets the royal treatment
on the Web. Read it
Urban Renewal
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Aug 16, 2002
The Silent-Film Classic 'Metropolis' Gets Spiffed Up for
Its 75th Birthday Read it
Encore
Paint, Misbehavin'
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Aug 16, 2002
Underground artist Jean-Michel Basquiat left an edgy
mark on the art world before his drug-fueled death in
1988. Read it
Legacy
Movie
Music
The Tracks Of His Peers
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Aug 16, 2002
Ace Aerosmith Drummer Joey Kramer Laughs His Way Through
Our Blindfold Test Read it
N.M.E.
London Calling
Aug 16, 2002
What's new in the land of royals and Radiohead? The
editors of Britain's new musical express whisk us their
monthly report. Read it
Review
Being There
Of Mice and Men
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Aug 16, 2002
The world's best computer gamers converge in Dallas for a
big-bucks, last-team-standing tournament. Read it
Between the Lines
Book Article
Lovely & Amazing
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Aug 16, 2002
With 'The Lovely Bones,' her wildly popular tale of a
young girl's murder, Alice Sebold ignites her career--and
realizes her dream. Read it
Book Review
A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead
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Aug 16, 2002
The first authorized biography of the Grateful Dead respectfully exhumes their skeletons from the closet. Read it
Cover Story
What's real and what's fake? A guide to movie F/X
Aug 08, 2002
Here's how special-effects experts made the impossible look real in ''Men in Black II,'' ''Star Wars: Episode II,'' and other big movies -- an excerpt from Entertainment Weekly's Aug. 16, 2002, cover story Read it
DVD Review
Fresh Meet
The Eyes Have It
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Aug 16, 2002
On the brink of a new level of fame, BRIGHT EYES isn't
blinking. Read it
Hear & Now
Jim Mullen's Hot Sheet
Listen 2 This #03
The New Classics
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Aug 16, 2002
They do make 'em like they used to. Latter-day landmark
discs worth latching on to. Read it
Toxic Avengers
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Aug 16, 2002
balancing partying with potent politics, SYSTEM OF A DOWN
are the people's post-9/11 champions. Read it
Props Department
Aug 16, 2002
Grrrl vets Sleater-Kinney send a growl-out to cats who
inspired One Beat, their new, sixth LP. Read it
Movie Article
Would real surfers wear ''Blue Crush'''s bikinis?
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Aug 16, 2002
Female boarders do wear two-pieces, says a pro, but there ARE limits Read it
Movie Review
24 Hour Party People
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Aug 16, 2002
The brash British pop drama ''24 Hour Party People'' takes a cult's-eye view of the birth of rave culture Read it
Music Article
Chuck D tackles readers' queries
Aug 16, 2002
The rapper answers questions from EW readers, and you can send questions
to Avril Lavigne Read it
Checking in with melancholy folkie Beth Orton
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Aug 16, 2002
The singer-songwriter, who brightens up a bit with ''Daybreaker,'' talks about her inspirations, her collaborators, and her household appliances Read it
EW gets Down with rock avengers System
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Aug 12, 2002
As they balance partying with potent politics, System of a Down represent the contradictions of a post-Sept. 11 America -- an excerpt from Entertainment Weekly's Aug. 16, 2002, Listen2This cover story Read it
Music Review
Reanimation
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Aug 16, 2002
Why have rap-metalers Linkin Park returned with a remixed rehash of their last album? David Browne has a few ideas. Read it
News Article
How BET's ''106 & Park'' hip-hopped past ''TRL''
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Aug 12, 2002
By tapping into the teen R&B market, the two-year-old video-countdown show finds itself routinely trouncing the MTV rival Read it
Asbury Sparks
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Aug 16, 2002
With a controversial media onslaught and a surprise No. 1
album, New Jersey native son Bruce Springsteen proves he's
still born to run. Read it
Stripping gets hot in Hollywood
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Aug 16, 2002
Burlesque bump-and-grind nights have found new fans in Nicole Kidman, George Clooney, and others Read it
We talk to Robin Williams
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Aug 16, 2002
In a candid Q&A, the ''One Hour Photo'' star reveals why he's focusing on his underdeveloped dark side Read it
Freddie Prinze Jr. sells his L.A.-area digs
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Aug 16, 2002
4 BR, 4 BTH San Fernando Valley spread PRICE $3.25 million Read it
Faking It
Aug 16, 2002
Is it real...or is it a highly complex digitally enhanced
recolored composite put together by a team of F/X experts?
Let the truth be told Read it
How shook up would the world be if Elvis had lived?
Aug 16, 2002
Would he be morbidly obese? Desperate for cash? Running a fast food chain? EW takes a guess Read it
Single File
India Irate
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Aug 16, 2002
R&B upstart Truth Hurts scores an "Addictive" hit--while
trampling on sacred sound. Read it
TV Article
Thanks to ''CSI,'' science never looked so fun
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Aug 16, 2002
Since the show's debut, interested students are flooding college forensic classes Read it
Could ''Idol'''s Simon actually be an okay guy?
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Aug 16, 2002
Staying true to his word, the notoriously nasty judge has offered to help booted contestant Ryan Starr with her music career Read it
Is something screwy about ''Idol'''s voting system?
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Aug 16, 2002
Cynics may think that Fox tampered with the votes after Justin came close to getting axed, but one of the show's producers defends its methods Read it
Why ''Big Brother'' is reality-show perfection
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Aug 16, 2002
We expose the four essential ingredients that make the reality show a tasty TV delight Read it
Sixties-set show taps Michelle Branch for cameo
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Aug 14, 2002
''American Dreams,'' about a girl who lands a gig on ''American Bandstand,'' hopes to book other current pop stars to play past ones Read it
Updated ''Family Affair'' dodges original's curse
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Aug 15, 2002
The new Tim Curry show will take the charm from the original, but hopefully not its dramatic legacy of drug overdoses and suicide Read it
TV Review
Big Brother 3
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Aug 16, 2002
Sex! Romance! Betrayal! Big Brother heats up TV with an
anything-goes cast providing outrageous entertainment. Read it
Talk Back
Which is the best band to see in concert?
May 10, 2002
Post your thoughts on the creme de la concert on our Listen2This message board Read it
Video Review
In the Bedroom
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Aug 16, 2002
Todd Field goes behind closed doors with the masterful ''In the Bedroom.'' Read it
What to Watch
What to Watch for week of August 12
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Aug 16, 2002
A day-to-day guide to notable programs. Times are Eastern
daylight and are subject to change. Read it
