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...might think the highest-rated Oscar telecasts are in years when there's a close contest in the major categories, as with Crash and Brokeback Mountain two years. Nuh-uh. It's the runaway years, when billion-dollar blockbusters like Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King get what are essentially People's Choice awards, and its makers wear a path in the rug from their seats to the stage. Moviegoers who are TV viewers don't want horse races; they want coronations - validations that somebody in Hollywood is ready to honor the movies they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Film Critics Know Anything? | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

...tracks with a social message. We hear about nuclear energy, immigration, globalization, suicide bombers, wire-tapping, and stem cell research. On “Slow Down,” Wyclef’s soliloquy to the post-9/11 world, he sings, “I seen two birds / Crash into two New York giants.” The chorus is similarly desolate: “Where’s the hope gone? / Where’s the hope gone? / I see the whole world turn into a war zone.” Jean’s answer to global...

Author: By Cora K. Currier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wyclef Jean | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

Dozens injured in train crash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Briefing | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...When I came here in 1970 I was more or less destitute. I came here from a broken marriage, broken body as well from a [airplane] crash, you know, just broken,” Mitchell said. “How do you sell things without a license? I chose books because of the First Amendment.” Mitchell’s first big sale of a suitcase full of rare used books bought him his store...

Author: By Ana P. Gantman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bookstores Galore | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...could ever have. Take another shot when his character asks McClane, “Have you ever killed a person before?” Didn’t he see the other “Die Hard” movies? 5. Every time there’s a car crash, take a shot. Just kidding—we don’t want you to go to UHS after 45 minutes. 6. Take a shot when McClane breaks the first rule of fighting and hits a girl. Take another shot for phallic symbolism everywhere when he tells her evil boyfriend...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SCREENSHOTS: "Live Free Or Die Hard" | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

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