posted 01-02-2004 12:27 AM            

Jan. 1, 2004, 7:56PM

IN & OUT
Who's hot? Who's not? What's gold? What's old?
Chronicle Features staff
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle

In -- Beyoncé and Jay Z
Out -- Bennifer

In -- Jon Stewart
Out -- Conan O'Brien

In -- Nicole
Out -- Tom

In -- Houston Hilton
Out -- Paris Hilton

In -- Police mug shots
Out -- Glamour shots

In -- Girls kissing (Madonna and Britney)
Out -- Girls Gone Wild

In -- Metrosexuality
Out -- Confusion over sexuality

In -- Full-body makeovers
Out -- Home makeovers

In -- Being rich
Out -- Being gay

In -- South Beach Diet
Out -- Atkins Diet

In -- Black-and-white M&Ms
Out -- Color M&Ms

In -- G4
Out -- MTV

In -- Picture phones
Out -- Cell phones

In -- Digital downloads
Out -- CDs

In -- Speed dating
Out -- Internet dating

In -- Metrorail
Out -- Left-hand turns in Midtown

In -- Pooper scoopers
Out -- (Doggy) land mines

In -- Bottlenecks
Out -- Bobbleheads

In -- Memorial City Mall
Out -- Galleria

In -- Fasting
Out -- Fastow

In -- A cameo on Will & Grace
Out -- A cameo on Boston Public

In -- Joan of Arcadia
Out -- 7th Heaven

In -- The Office mates
Out -- Monica's Friends

In -- Boondocks
Out -- Doonesbury

In -- Conjoined twins
Out -- Bush twins

In -- Alamo fact
Out -- Alamo myth

In -- Middle-earth
Out -- Neverland

In -- Spider holes
Out -- Panic rooms

In -- Slip-ons (at airports)
Out -- Lace-ups

In -- Mad cow
Out -- SARS

In -- Carmelo Anthony
Out -- Vince Carter

In -- Donovan McNabb
Out -- Rush Limbaugh

In -- Andy Pettitte
Out -- Billy Wagner

In -- Postmortem beheadings
Out -- Spouses as speed bumps

In -- DNA re-testing
Out -- Executions

In -- Hotel bars
Out -- Hotel mini-bars

In -- Pirates
Out -- Pilates