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Arts Stories for 9-11-2000

The Emmy has spoken...

The red carpet was rolled out once again for the who's who of the television industry as they ventured out in all their glitz and glam last night for the 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The show kicked off with a parody of the all too well-known "Survivor" tribal council, pitting the likes of former television show hosts like Arsenio Hall - who have descended into "Where are they now?" hell - in a faux competition for Emmy host and a Pontiac Aztec.

Keanu lays an egg in 'The Watcher'

This is the movie that could have been. It could have been a cold psychological thriller, the tried but true game of cat and mouse between a haggard FBI agent and a sleek killer. It could have upped the ante and explored the relationship between these two men. It even suggested that their relationship is liken to that of lovers, two people that know the other's every move, every tic, yet, at the same time, know absolutely nothing about one another. At the very least, "The Watcher" could have been a grimy, over the top exploitation film that offered nothing new, but at least was fun as hell.

Daughter exposes Salinger in new book

NEW YORK - Why can't we just leave J.D. Salinger the hell alone? With the publication next week of Margaret A. Salinger's memoir, "Dream Catcher" - a dark strife-with-father portrait of a bedeviled life, the world will again lift the rock and turn a flashlight on the strange, seclusive writer.

9-11-2000