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...Lowdown: If you saw 8 Mile, you're familiar with much of Eminem's story already, and unfortunately the narrative is crisper on the silver screen. Though sprinkled with anecdotal gems, this tangled history veers closer to "annotated picture book" than autobiography and crumples under the weight of too many half-baked attempts at introspection. The book's structure, it seems, was dictated not by laziness but by personal philosophy: he's not much of a reader. ("If there are no pictures in a book, forget it.") But he doesn't seem much for writing, either. Die-hard fans will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eminem: The Way I Am | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...celebrated actress, Millicent Weems (Dianne Wiest), joins the ensemble, also playing Caden, who is now seen in women's clothes and hair, looking strangely Millicentish. He gives Hazel a doppelganger (Emily Watson), who's also a magnet for his desperate sexual itch. But none of this gets Caden closer to realizing his project, or even naming it. (One title he toys with: "Infectious Diseases in Cattle.") Ensuring his despair are occasional glimpses of his now-grown daughter. First he spots Olive as a sex-club dancer, nude and tattooed. Later he visits Olive on her hospital deathbed. He stares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Synecdoche: Charlie Kaufman's Dangerous Mind | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...document's clunky sentences constructed from boilerplate Party phraseology are changes that will vault China into the next, irrevocable stage of its evolution into a fully capitalist economy - but could also spark one of the biggest mass migrations in history and push the country's already fragile social balance closer to collapse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

Harvard managed three more shots—one on net—but failed to bring the score any closer. The Eagles finished the game with a slight edge in shots, 13-10, and tied in penalty corners...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Falls Prey to Eagles | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...neighborhood residents have expressed support for one of the major parts of BC’s plan—its acquisition of a 16-story apartment building on Commonwealth Avenue, which would bring the school closer to its goal of housings all of its undergraduates...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Questions Linger For BC Expansion Plan | 10/21/2008 | See Source »

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