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Authors can rarely boast that their books soar instantly to No. 1, but they're not Janet Evanovich. The novelist's last seven books have done just that, and her latest, Twelve Sharp, is no exception - it has spent much of the summer atop the New York Times best-seller list. As usual, her spunky heroine, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, prevails against the odds. Evanovich, 63, got together with TIME's Andrea Sachs and talked about about her heroine, NASCAR and New Jersey's in-your-face attitude...
...flops," Unbreakable and The Village, grossed in the $250 million range. Shyamalan (pronounced Shah-ma-lahn) is well aware of the power of those numbers. "Except for Pixar, I have made the four most successful original movies in a row of all time," he says--not as a boast but to explain Hollywood math. His films are relatively inexpensive to shoot, costing about $65 million to $68 million. "If you're not betting on me," he says, "then nobody should get money. I've made profit a mathematical certainty. I'm the safest...
There's no need to feel guilty about your morning caffeine buzz with new coffees and teas that boast of antioxidant and health-promoting properties. Caffe Sanora is a rich organic coffee that undergoes a special roasting process that retains the antioxidants of the raw green beans. Dr. Lee's 710EGCG Organic Green Tea is the first green-tea product allowed by the U.S. FDA to make limited cancer-fighting claims on its label...
...useless herbal remedies and semi-potent painkillers—not a single drug capable of prolonging someone’s life. His cooing bedside manner was the only weapon against his patients’ ailments.This was a century ago. Today’s hospitals, on the other hand, boast prescription prowess, the hallmark of modern medicine. Hundreds of drugs comprise an impressive pharmaceutical arsenal available to the modern doctor. If you’re lucky, you’ll live to be a hundred with perfect teeth and a six-minute mile.Yet such optimistic prognosis is not available to everyone.Take...
What's in Those Hot Dogs? The traditional answer is, Don't ask, but the new trend in wieners is to boast about the ingredients--organic, grass fed or nitrite free. Nitrites keep germs at bay and give dogs their hot pink hue but have been linked to various cancers. So the new uncured franks use natural preservatives instead, like celery juice and beets. Hans' All Natural ($4.99 for six) dogs, for example, have a brownish hue and a pronounced spicy taste. Pure Foods Uncured Beef Wieners ($5.49 for six) have a strong meaty taste and a redder hue, thanks...