The Lycos 50
These were the 50 most popular Lycos user searches for the week ending September 30, 2000. For more on how we create this list, see our FAQ.

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1   The Olympics
Medal mania1|11
2   Halloween
4 weeks away 3|8
3   Dragonball
Anime hit 2|59
4   Britney Spears
Teen singer 4|49
5   Big Brother
Finally ends 5|13
6   Football
Fall favorite 7|11
7   Napster
Music player 9|31
8   Tattoos
Body art 8|59
9   The WWF
Pro wrasslers 13|59
10   Chyna
Playboy poser 46|2
11   Eminem
Pasty rapper 11|23
12   Pokemon
Fading slowly 10|59
13   The NFL
Pigskin pros 6|10
14   Anna Nicole Smith
Lawsuit winner x|1
15   Las Vegas
Vacation spot 14|59
16   Pam Anderson
Pinup queen 15|59
17   Science Fair Projects
School topic 16|4
18   'N Sync
Hot boy band 12|59
19   Marijuana
Hot weed 18|39
20   Christmas
Early interest 32|4
21   The Bible
Famous tome 17|56
22   Al Gore
The Veep 24|4
23   Tatiana Grigorieva
Pole-vaultin' model x|1
24   Final Fantasy
Video game 19|57
25   Harry Potter
Wizard of lit 20|14
26   George W. Bush
GOP candidate 31|4
27   The Simpsons
Homer's clan 27|39
28   Sailor Moon
Cartoon princess 33|42
29   Gundam Wing
Sci-fi epic 35|30
30   Anna Kournikova
Tennis star 26|18
31   Baseball
Playoffs here 37|34
32   Election 2000
Due Nov. 7 x|1
33   Costumes
Halloween fave x|1
34   Jennifer Lopez
Latin bombshell 30|59
35   Madonna
New album out 23|2
36   Firestone Tire Recall
Still news 25|9
37   Christina Aguilera
Teen crooner 29|40
38   Skateboarding
Gnarly hottie 43|29
39   Rosh Hashana
Jewish holiday x|1
40   Capital Punishment
School topic x|1
41   Limp Bizkit
Resurgent band x|1
42   Diablo II
Video game 28|18
43   Soccer
Surging sport 49|2
44   NASA
Space jockeys 47|4
45   Greek Mythology
Homework hit 45|2
46   Digimon
Japanimation hit 48|7
47   Nelly
Rapper du jour 41|8
48   Oprah Winfrey
Tsarina of TV x|1
49   Nascar
Auto racers 40|36
50   Martha Stewart
Hospitality queen x|1

 
 
 with Fritz Holznagel
The Lycos 50 Daily Report
 The things you're searching for.October 9, 2000 

One to Watch:
Rani Mukherjee

Here's a name you may be hearing more about soon: Rani Mukherjee.

Perhaps you've already seen Mukherjee in such films as Bichoo, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and Hello Brother. (Or perhaps not.) She's one of the rising stars of Bollywood, the Indian equivalent of Hollywood.

Mukherjee has been slowly moving up our search traffic logs over the last year. Her general personality is a bit confusing: sometimes she looks fairly thoughtful, sometimes she goes all Madonna, and sometimes it just ain't clear what's going on. Whatever she's up to, it's working: she seems to have fan pages and photo galleries galore.

Last year we devoted a special report to Bollywood. (Mukherjee happens to be a cousin of one of last year's hotties, Kajol.) Since then we've continued to notice Indian terms, especially Bollywood terms, show up on our traffic logs with regularity. Still, you hear practically nothing about Bollywood and its stars in the mainstream press.

Which makes us wonder: when will the Bollywood breakout finally happen in America?



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    Archival Goodies

    Check these Lycos 50 reports from the past:

    Hooray for Bollywood!
    (June 2000)
    Hommage à John Steinbeck
    (Feb. 2000)
    1999's Most Wanted
    (June 2000)
    Barbie on a Harley?
    (August 2000)

    To scan all our past reports, see our full archives.

    Or to yak about them, visit our Lycos 50 boards, won't you?

     
    Lycos 50 Bonus List:
    Top Musicians

    The 10 musical acts most requested by Lycos users last week:

    1.   Britney Spears
    2.   Eminem
    3.   'N Sync
    4.   Madonna
    5.   Christina Aguilera
    6.   Jennifer Lopez
    7.   Nelly
    8.   Backstreet Boys
    9.   Metallica
    10.  Korn


    For more offbeat factoids, see our full bonus list archives. For more on the artists, see Lycos Music and Lycos Celebrities.

     
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