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He was a 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...

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

"Moderately messy systems outperform extremely orderly systems," says Eric Abrahamson, Columbia University professor of management and co-author of A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder (Little, Brown). Abrahamson, a scholar of organizational behavior who admits to being a bit of a mess, says the costs of maintaining order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Messy is the New Neat | 1/18/2007 | See Source »

DIED. Bong Soo Han, 73, Korean martial-arts grand master who introduced hapkido to the West; of complications from cancer; in Santa Monica, Calif. He moved to the U.S. after training in Korea in the art, which combines fluid, circular movement with fierce, sharp kicks. He taught thousands about "perfection...

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

(3 of 3) Abhishek, though, has the grit and charm to bring Gurukant to life. Just 30, he plays the character from his early 20s to his 60s and is persuasive for most of that span, though I wouldn't have minded if his dad had taken over in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bollywood's New Guru | 1/16/2007 | See Source »

But then Gurukant is a simpler character than your average Corleone. The old Ratnam movies found ambiguous shades among the shadows of those gangsters and politicians. Gurukant is a hero of the people, a striver from the unprivileged classes, and gets automatic points for his vaulting ambition ("That's my...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bollywood's New Guru | 1/16/2007 | See Source »

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