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The weekend sent mixed signals to It's Complicated. A romantic comedy about a divorced woman (Streep) who gets chummy with her ex (Baldwin) while entertaining the attentions of another beau (Martin), the movie cost a high-ish $85 million to make; apparently veteran stars are still paid decent salaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas Box Office: Avatar Beats Sherlock and Alvin | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

So the weekend box-office results were like the prizes a school gives to all sports competitors: everyone's a winner! The one exception was Nine, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as a film director at a crisis in his life and career, and five Oscar-laden actresses dressing up this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas Box Office: Avatar Beats Sherlock and Alvin | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

1. Avatar, $75 million; $212.3 million, second week 2. Sherlock Holmes, $65.4 million, first weekend 3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, $50.2 million; $77.1 million, first five days 4. It's Complicated, $22.1 million, first weekend 5. Up in the Air, $11.8 million; $24.5 million, fourth week 6. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas Box Office: Avatar Beats Sherlock and Alvin | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

But in one small way, the system did work, because screening effectively forced the alleged bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, to use a liquid chemical rather than a more basic or reliable detonator to trigger the powdered explosive that was sewn into his underwear and smuggled on board. And it turns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why It's Not Easy to Detonate a Bomb on Board | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

The explosive Abdulmutallab allegedly used is called pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), and it is powerful even in quantities as small as a hundredth of a pound. It comes from the same chemical family as nitroglycerin and has a long history of use in terrorist attacks. Though PETN itself is controlled, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why It's Not Easy to Detonate a Bomb on Board | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

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