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...Doctor Parnassus (Terry Gilliam) After Heath Ledger died last year while shooting this film, Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell stepped in to complete aspects of his role. Their gallantry and Ledger's enduring charisma aside, the film is a sodden botch from the mad-genius auteur of Brazil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yes We Cannes | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

...country with more cash than it can possibly invest at home - a description which China fits in spades - does is recycle its surpluses is through foreign direct investment. And China, in fact, has done scores of resource deals in the developing world - of late with Russia, Kazakhstan and Brazil in the old and gas sector, for example. But twice now in the developed world, big Chinese investments have been spurned. First CNOOC, now Chinalco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Another Deal Blown, Where Will China Invest Now? | 6/7/2009 | See Source »

...Microsoft tends to name its internal projects after cities. Natal is a city in Brazil, which is where Alex Kipman, one of the key engineers on Project Natal, comes from. What Mattrick and Kipman decided to try to do was to get rid of the controller altogether. They wanted a technology that would enable a gamer to control the game just by moving his or her arms and legs and other body parts. The gamer would become the controller. (Read "Why Video Games Are an Excellent Economic Indicator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Microsoft Whacks the Wii: A First Look | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...Diplomats tell TIME that major Latin broker countries like Brazil are stepping in now to help hammer out a deal palatable to both Washington and Havana - one that would probably demand a lesser gesture of democratic commitment on Cuba's part, like the release of political prisoners. But they also suggest that the General Assembly may end up deciding to simply hold a yearlong "dialogue" on the matter, to allow the U.S. and Cuba to ease into a compromise that would be unveiled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the OAS's Cuba Conundrum | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...shares in the mourning of passengers' relatives." On Monday afternoon, French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with families and friends of the missing passengers at Charles de Gaulle airport. "I told them the truth: that the chances of finding survivors are very small," he said. An Air France manager in Brazil said the passengers included 80 Brazilians, 73 French citizens, 18 Germans, nine Italians and six U.S. citizens as well as citizens of 17 other countries. (Read "Surviving Crashes: How Airlines Prepare for the Worst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Brought Down Air France Flight 447? | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

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