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...post-Oscar plans. There was no need for champagne or parties after her wild ride. "I just want a burger," she said. "I want to eat and not sweat it and not worry that the dress will bust open. That's all I can give you. And I'd like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sandra Bullock's Wild Ride, and (Once) Improbable Oscar Coronation | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...screeners at home, where The Hurt Locker plays just fine. A Lourdes miracle would be needed for the Academy geriatrics to throw away their walkers and actually go to a theater - the only place Avatar can be appreciated in all its 21st century splendor. Filmmakers rushing to the 3-D format had better learn to be satisfied with the boodle they earn at the box office and not expect to win Oscars for a project that doesn't look like an HBO movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oscar Wrap-Up: Why Avatar Lost | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...Sour D," Miller replies. "Guaranteed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Denver | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...least that's how the story goes, according to the local Thai press and the old chargé d'affaires. Thailand's Department of Special Investigation (DSI), which is similar to the FBI, says it has no evidence to confirm the facts of the case - and doesn't even know whether the blue stone that's said to be larger than the Hope Diamond exists. What is certain is that the alleged theft eventually cost Thailand billions of dollars, left people dead in its wake and put an Elvis-impersonating Thai official on death row. More than 20 years later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand's Blue Diamond Heist: Still a Sore Point | 3/7/2010 | See Source »

...Though the DSI insists there's no proof that the murders and kidnapping are connected to the theft, the former Saudi chargé d'affaires, Mohammed Khoja, was adamant, telling the Bangkok Post in 1995 that the murder case and heist were linked. Despite the deaths, the Thai police tried to return the gems that weren't yet sold by Kriangkrai in an official visit to Saudi Arabia, hoping it would end the scandal. It didn't take long, however, for Saudi Arabia to claim that most of the returned goods were imitation baubles. To add insult to injury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand's Blue Diamond Heist: Still a Sore Point | 3/7/2010 | See Source »

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