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...million people will become a fundamentalist Islamic state. Cynical observers see a more venal struggle-over who gets to control the country's coffers for the next few years. "[A lot of politicians] cast themselves in these mantles of competing nationalisms, but the bottom line is they're a bunch of crooks," says the Western diplomat. Reinforcing that impression, Bangladesh has had the unhappy distinction over the past five years of being ranked worst or near worst on Berlin-based Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. (As for the years the country was not the most corrupt, Bangladeshis joke that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking Down | 1/25/2007 | See Source »

...made me more recognizable, a celebrity. But it's helped me in other ways. I've started a TV production company at Warner Brothers and am working on a bunch of shows, scripted and reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with Randy Jackson | 1/22/2007 | See Source »

...nothing else, Harvard professors are a smart bunch, and their paths to Harvard’s storied halls have been paved by pronounced senses of can-do. But, to throw an old adage on its head, we seem to have arrived at a place in which those who can do can’t teach. Now it is up to Harvard to motivate its professors to teach well. At a new Harvard where effective teaching is a sought-after skill both learned and taught, fluency in genius will be made evident by its effective translation to its future speakers: captivated...

Author: By Emily R. Kaplan | Title: Speaking Genius | 1/22/2007 | See Source »

...build confidence and persuade the financing community that, going forward, things are going to be stable, you're in a good position." Hollywood already adores Brits: Helen Mirren and Sacha Baron Cohen picked up top awards at Monday's Golden Globes, while a bunch of their compatriots are tipped for Oscar nominations on Jan. 23. Now Britain's film industry is a main attraction again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That's Good Shooting | 1/18/2007 | See Source »

...combination of a bunch of degenerates I've known and a degenerate part of myself. I had benign polyps on my vocal cords that were removed the day after I filmed the scene. It worked well for the character because he's supposed to have been up for days. That's something comic and heartbreaking: a guy who's doing these sex, drugs and rock-'n'-roll things, but he's really a wienie lawyer. Any chance of an Arrested Development movie? I had held out hope that we would do the movie version. It's [creator] Mitch Hurwitz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 29, 2007 | 1/18/2007 | See Source »

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