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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...moment dress in black and embrace their emotions with astonishing honesty. But what's this cream-colored cocktail in the hand of lead singer James Allan as he sits - black shoes, black Ray-Bans, black vertical hair - in the windowless bar of a posh London hotel? "Hey, don't box me!" says Allan, with a smile as unexpected as the banana breeze he's sipping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glasvegas: All on Black | 9/10/2008 | See Source »

...that was the '80s, when directors still wanted to hire him. He pissed away what should have been his prime by curling inside the legend of the Difficult Star, acquiring an odor as rowdy and unreliable. And since he wasn't a box office magnet, why take the chance? Bio stats on the Internet Movie Database synopsize Rourke's 90s: "Turned down Bruce Willis' role in Pulp Fiction ... Filmed a role in [Terrence Malick's] The Thin Red Line, that eventually got cut.... Walked off the set of Luck of the Draw when the producers refused to let him include...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wrestler: Mickey Rourke's Comeback | 9/6/2008 | See Source »

...some 5,000 fans are traveling to the match on special visas issued by the Armenian government ) organizers are hoping that the two sides will keep their passions on the pitch. As for embracing the opposing side after the match, all eyes are likely to be on the presidential box. The presidents, in this case, will lead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Soccer Heal Turkey-Armenia Rift? | 9/5/2008 | See Source »

...Stephenson's solicitation explains that for safety reasons, he provides potential donors with a P.O. box instead of his home address. And the natural-born promoter also directs PayPal users to route the money using his e-mail address, MStephenson@AccessHybrid.org. "In case you're interested, I have plans to use my college education to improve our environment," he notes toward the end of his tuition plea, which explains that AccessHybrid is an organization he set up to help college and vocational students buy fuel-efficient cars. "I found the work incrediably [sic] satisfying," he adds in what would have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An E-Mail Plea: Help Pay My Tuition! | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...Sarkozy has largely failed to respond to such accusations, or else has mocked them as the fabrications of rivals incapable of opposing him in parliament or at the ballot box. As is stands, the French President is getting less political scrutiny than the governor of Alaska...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarkozy vs. the Corsicans | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

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