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Article: It's all about the Benjamins. (the pop group Spice Girls continue to be hugely successful despite the critical backlash against their music and movie 'Spice World')
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- Newsweek
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- February 2, 1998
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You may have had your fill of the Spice Girls, but with a new movie and a world tour, they're still raking it in.
Interviewing the Spice Girls is no easy feat. First you wait 45 minutes for them to finish getting their makeup done. Then you watch as a tray of Coca-Cola is sent away by a Spice attendant. "We can't have Coke in here!" the woman says. "Bring back Pepsi." (Pepsi forked over millions for the group's upcoming world tour.) Thirty more minutes pass before the Spice Girls burst through the door. They press flesh and make jokes, and the room crackles with the electricity of girl power -- or maybe it's just too much hair spray. The Spice Girls do know how to ...
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