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...Pakistani chick," and addresses her girlhood fear that the light mustache that appeared on her upper lip would scare off potential suitors. She was reassured by the fact that her mom had found a husband despite similar wisps of down, "but that was before I knew that Dad had been forced to marry her." Not everyone is amused. In an August 2002 article in the Aftenposten daily, anthropologist Marianne Gullestad accused Rehman of reinforcing stereotypes about Muslims, and making Norwegians think it's O.K. to discriminate against immigrants. Rehman rejects the criticism. "I'm not out to stimulate dialogue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nice Witch of the North | 8/22/2004 | See Source »

...girlfriend to sleep with him. Enter Walter Salles. In his latest film, The Motorcycle Diaries, the Oscar-nominated Brazilian director (Central Station) looks at Guevara before he started making history (imagine Mel Gibson making a film about a carpenter who wonders why he doesn't look like his dad). Salles' yet-to-be hero is the 23-year-old Ernesto Guevara, a romantic, asthmatic Argentinian medical student who hasn't yet picked up a gun or earned the nickname Che (a casual Argentinian slang word, like "O.K." or "buddy"). Part road movie, part coming-of-age story, the film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Road to Greatness | 8/22/2004 | See Source »

...would as many girls be playing today? So for these women, all that's at stake is the future of their sport. "They definitely love you if you win," says Miranda. "That's all part of the game." Miranda has won over one tough convert already. Her once reluctant dad will be cheering in Athens, watching his daughter pin down a dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Women's Wrestling: Grappling for Progress | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

...Fall's opening performance, I wondered how one actor channels so much pain without letting it sweep him away. How do you turn the emotional spigot on and off when pure bile is running through it? Krause has two answers. One is the practical response of a mature dad who grew up in Minnesota (Krause turns 39 this week and has a 2 1/2-year-old son, Roman): "Sometimes I do what I do just because it's my job." And like any job, getting up at 4 a.m. to shoot a scene can require "the sheer will just to pick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Cue the Agonized Guy | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

...Dad saved our hamster and other family tales: ALEX and VANESSA KERRY did more to soften Kerry's image than did the fuzzy biopic they introduced

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Performance of the Week | 8/9/2004 | See Source »

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