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...awkward 12-year-olds with thick glasses and asthma, perhaps many of us came to the decision that, if our judgmental tweenage peers wouldn’t accept us, we would find entertainment elsewhere. Distancing ourselves from sleepovers, playground antics, and inconsistent cliques, we turned to books, perhaps even requesting extra work from teachers to fill the empty void of lunch break...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill | Title: The Silver Lining | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

...Remember when Fluffy died?' - that was her cat - and then she'd cry. I thought she really had talent and expected her to go on and do other straight movies. But she went back. I don't know whether it was Chuck or that the industry wouldn't accept her." (See pictures of bondage pinup girl Bettie Page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marilyn Chambers, the Ivory Snow Porn Star, Dead at 56 | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...think your audience is ready to accept Jackie Chan, the dramatic actor? Derek Logan edmonton, CANADA I have no idea. Making a movie is gambling. You don't know whether audiences will like it or not. Just like when I was making New Police Story. I thought, Should I make this kind of movie, where I'm crying, depressed and not like a hero anymore? But the movie came out and the results were so good. Then I made Rob-B-Hood, where I'm a thief who kidnaps babies. The audience accepted it. Slowly, I'm letting audiences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Jackie Chan | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...whole, delegates left Bonn stuck in the same standoff that has all but paralyzed global climate talks over the past several years. Poor nations want rich nations to accept deep, mandatory carbon cuts, and pay tens of billions of dollars in aid to help developing countries combat global warming. Rich nations are squeamish about committing to extreme measures without help from major developing nations like China and India, which will be responsible for the lion's share of new carbon emissions in the decade ahead. And all leaders are feeling the squeeze of the economic downturn, which has shunted public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Progress on Global Warming Remains Elusive | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...treks are new art.”Ultimately, the novelty of technology may be its defining characteristic—one which contributes to its ability to inspire interactive and creative production, and one which explains why individuals who consider themselves artists are still hesitant to completely accept the art-technology chimera.“Technology is appealing in an uncomfortable way,” says Rice. “But art is weird, and if something’s good it has to make you uncomfortable in some sort of way. There has to be something off about...

Author: By Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Web and Flow of Art | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

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