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...actually really articulate about his philosophy behind this - that he thinks if you only go for the cheap punch line and don't trust the laugh, you'll never get anywhere. It's with the rolling laugh, where you watch the character keep going forward with a mistake and allow it to really play itself out, that you get 'em. (TIME reports: Will Ferrell - Brilliant Idiot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brad Silberling: Behind the Scenes of Land of the Lost | 6/5/2009 | See Source »

...first public statement from Hummer's Chinese bidder, Yang Yi, CEO of Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, said his company "will be investing in the Hummer brand and its research and development capabilities, which will allow Hummer to better meet demand for new products such as more fuel-efficient vehicles in the U.S." (See the 50 worst cars of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will China Build a Fuel-Efficient Hummer? | 6/4/2009 | See Source »

...deal, the price of which has not been disclosed, comes a day after GM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The U.S. automaker says the sale of Hummer, which GM valued at $500 million, should allow it to preserve more than 3,000 American jobs. Tengzhong says it plans to maintain Hummer's existing senior management team and will enter into long-term assembly and supply agreements with GM. (Read "China's Auto Bailout Takes a Different Route...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will China Build a Fuel-Efficient Hummer? | 6/4/2009 | See Source »

...Updike into their cloistered circle, since he could not pay the membership fee. Then-Crimson President Michael Maccoby ’54, who nominated Updike to the Signet, said that he convinced the Signet to waive Updike’s fees after telling them that if they did not allow him in, they would regret it for the rest of their lives...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: John H. Updike '54 | 6/4/2009 | See Source »

...fellow transfer students are some of the happiest people I know here, with an outside point of view and basis for comparison that allow for a heightened appreciation of all that Harvard has to offer. The student body as a whole benefits from this diversity of perspective that transfers bring in and suffers without it. Harvard must be able to admit that mistakes can be made: A student could have made a mistake not applying to or not choosing Harvard the first time around, and the admissions office could have made a mistake in not accepting a student the first...

Author: By Victoria B. Kabak | Title: When Three is as Good as Four | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

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