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...Hercules spawned perhaps a hundred peplum epics, so called for the short skirts the guys wore. All were inspired by Greek and Roman mythology; Reeves, a former Mr. America, Mr. World and Mr. Universe whose previous claim to fame had been a costarring role in Ed Wood's Jail Bait, went on to star in a Hercules sequel, then as Aeneas and Romulus. After him came other musclemen: Reg Park in Hercules Conquers Atlantis, Ed Fury in Ursus, Son of Hercules, Mark Forest in Mole Men vs. the Son of Hercules. Well-tended flesh was as important to these movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 7 Reasons Why 300 Is a Huge Hit | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

...just Allen's serpentine poise as the officers quiz him that seems inhuman? You might crack if you were confronted with mounds of damning, if circumstantial, evidence. But Allen parries each thrust or shrugs it off, never taking their bait, meeting their suspicions with his steely stare. You'll feel a chill in the theater, and in your blood, for it's here that Zodiac becomes the good movie the real killer was waiting for. And no one could play him better than Lynch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Anatomy of a Manhunt | 3/2/2007 | See Source »

...something about their image. With a little help from NyayaBhoomi they launched a campaign that promised a new, improved attitude. NyayaBhoomi says that its research shows that an honest driver can make just as much money as his cheating cousin and encouraged rickshaw drivers - about 50 took the bait - to go completely straight and see what happened. "We want to build a new relationship of trust," went one slogan. Another, which was stuck onto the rear of compliant auto rickshaws, read: "I am proud to be an honest driver and please pardon me for my past mistakes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dishonesty Is the Best Rickshaw Policy | 3/2/2007 | See Source »

...Multiple reporters address Gore, whose film, An Inconvenient Truth, has just won Best Documentary Feature, as "Mr. President," but the Veep doesn't take the bait to further politicize the night. "I do not have plans to become a candidate for office again," Gore says. One of the film's producers, Laurie David, wife of comedian Larry David, says she's not entering the Democratic fundraising fray yet. "It's very early in the race," David said. "I'm just gonna hang around and see who else might enter. You never know." Gore declines to give the film as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oscars: Backstage Diary | 2/26/2007 | See Source »

...permit. He used to fish in the Czech town of Olomouc, where he played with another team. But in all the time he spent at the local river there, he managed to catch only "one trout and a karpyonka [Russian for carp]." He is mystified about the kind of bait Eastern European fish prefer. "I don't know what they eat here. I try sausage, popcorn, but they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brrrrr... Soccer in Snowtime! | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

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