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...Star Wars: Episode II--Attack of the Clones opening May 16, the Anakin fable gets to the middle, the meat, the real story. The past was prologue, a modest prequel, like Tolkien's The Hobbit to his epic Lord of the Rings saga. In Clones, Anakin (Canadian dish Hayden Christensen) is 20, a young man of superior skills and even higher ambitions, chafing under the stern tutelage of his mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), and daring to risk his status in the Jedi Order, which forbids romantic attachments, by pursuing a reckless passion for Senator Padme Amidala (Natalie Portman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dark Victory | 4/29/2002 | See Source »

Onscreen he's a Jedi knight with a very dark future. She's a galactic Senator with the worst taste in men in the universe. Offscreen Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman seem far less exotic. Unlike some of their Hollywood counterparts, neither has ever made news by trashing a hotel suite or getting arrested outside the Viper Room. Instead, they have become known for smart career strategies and finely tuned performances in films whose budgets wouldn't pay for the wigs in a Star Wars movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stars: Meet Mr. and Mrs. Vader | 4/29/2002 | See Source »

...Christensen is no stranger to publicity either. Since well before the release of Attack of the Clones, he has been a hot topic on the Internet and a magazine cover boy. The Canadian, 21, had only a few film and TV credits when he screen-tested for the role that will make him world famous. "He gave a great reading," recalls Portman. "He could simultaneously be scary and really young." After shooting Clones, Christensen shrewdly took a supporting role in the drama Life as a House, which was released last year. His performance as a troubled teen earned him nominations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stars: Meet Mr. and Mrs. Vader | 4/29/2002 | See Source »

...Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood and Marriage," edited by Cathi Hanauer. The 26 bitches who have written original essays include Ellen Gilchrist, Hope Edelman, Pam Houston, Daphne Merkin, former TIME writer Natalie Angier, Vivian Gornick, Jill Bialosky, Helen Schulman, Chitra Divakaruni, Karen Karbo, Kate Christensen, Elissa Schappell, Veronica Chambers and Susan Squire. According to the publisher, "These essays are the culmination of the lessons of the past two decades - the 'me' years, the therapy years, the years that have taught women to express themselves, feel their rage and acknowledge their needs. The essays here are provocative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Galley Girl: Hooray for Hallewood! | 4/20/2002 | See Source »

...will contain. While vastly increasing the versatility of your cell phone, the insides are standardized and therefore much easier to make. Which means we should start to see fewer squat, black, one-size-fits-all devices. "We want to help people create the iMac of cell phones," says Juha Christensen, vice president of Microsoft's mobility group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Innovation: Turning Your Phone Into A Mini-PC | 3/4/2002 | See Source »

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