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Then Dakota Fanning gets ahold of the film, steals it from Stewart and seduces us utterly. Fanning plays Cherie Currie, recruited at age 15 by Svengali Kim Fowley (a witty Michael Shannon) to sing and provide what he calls "jailbait sex appeal." The movie was based on Currie's memoir, Neon Angel, so we get a much fuller picture of her home life than that of anyone else in the band, even Jett. Currie has an alcoholic father (Brett Cullen), a foolish mother (Tatum O'Neal) and a sister, Marie (Riley Keough), who in real life is an identical twin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Runaways: Band of Sisters | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...thing to be most careful about is handing over personal information like your date of birth and - above all else - your Social Security number. Once scammers have gotten ahold of that piece of particularly sensitive information, they can do real damage, like opening credit cards in your name and running up thousands of dollars in charges that you'll later have a difficult time getting out of. There might be a real reason to ask for that information - to do a background check, say - but you should withhold it until after an in-person meeting. "What employer is going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Job-Search Scams on the Rise in the Recession | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...romantic relationship with Letterman before his marriage while she was working as his personal assistant and appearing regularly on his program, interviewing celebrities and reporting from the Winter Olympics, among other duties. Until recently, she dated the divorced Halderman and lived in his Connecticut home, where Halderman allegedly got ahold of her diary, e-mails and other evidence of her supposed relationship with Letterman. Authorities say those are the materials Halderman used to try to wring $2 million out of Letterman. Halderman pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan courtroom Oct. 2; if convicted of extortion he faces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stephanie Birkitt: Letterman's Lover? | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...seeing any improvements in safety? It seems the news is full of firework mishaps in the days after the Fourth. That's really a rarity in professional programs. What you're referring to is when the average person gets ahold of fireworks and, intoxicated or not - most are - plays with them. But people are starting to wise up and heed [safety] advice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of Fireworks | 7/3/2009 | See Source »

...course, there's always a chance that what is going on here is very different than it appears. Perhaps things weren't that bad when Thain decided to take off to Vail, and then Lewis got ahold of Merrill's books and decided to make them look worse than they actually were. Too dastardly, you say? Maybe, but Lewis could use the illusion of a bigger loss to get money from the government and at the same time get rid of Thain. What's more, if Lewis hangs on, the latest loss makes 2009 earnings look better than they otherwise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Deeper Truth About Thain's Ouster from BofA | 1/25/2009 | See Source »

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