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...Kate (Demi Moore), Steve (Duchovny), Mick (Ben Hollingsworth) and Jenn (Amber Heard) have been hired by a stealth-marketing agency to pose as “the Joneses” an all-American family of four. Planted in a wealthy gated community, they become walking advertisements for a wide range of luxury goods, from clothing to cars. The charismatic and attractive “family” easily wins the admiration and the wallets of the entire community, including their next-door neighbors Summer (Glen Headly) and Larry (Gary Cole). Moore sports a navy velour tracksuit, and the entire jogging...

Author: By Sally K. Scopa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Joneses | 4/20/2010 | See Source »

...Obama is not a god, demi or otherwise, but a mere politician and must work within the realm of political reality to achieve his goals. In fact, far from attempting an executive take-over of public policy, Mr. Obama has arguably left far too much of the responsibility for enacting his agenda of change in the hands of Congress, leading to protracted and unproductive negotiations on Capital Hill. While Mr. Obama promised change in Washington, he cannot alter the nature of parliamentary democracy, which relies on such wheeling-and-dealing as the legislative pay-off to Sen. Ben Nelson...

Author: By Nicholas Nehamas | Title: LETTER | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

...celebrities who practice Scientology, or talk to Dan Aykroyd, who signed on as the "Hollywood consultant" for the Mutual UFO Network, one of the oldest and largest organizations of UFO investigations in the U.S. Aykroyd maintains that alien visitors are "coming and going like taxis." Not all are convinced - Demi Moore, a native of Roswell, says she never heard about the famous "landing" as a child. But considering how little has so far been made public - most of the Air Force's investigations remain top secret - for all we know, she could be one of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UFOs | 12/17/2009 | See Source »

...brainy wit as seen in sketches like "Football Comes to the University of Chicago." The routine shows a coach's unsuccessful attempt to teach four students the rules of the game. But they can't seem to operate outside of academia, referring to the football as a "demi-poly-tetrahedron...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second City | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

Mendler is following a path to fame the channel has mapped over the past three years as it has launched serial stars into orbit: the supernova Miley Cyrus in 2006, Selena Gomez in 2007, the Jonas Brothers in 2008 and Demi Lovato this year. (See pictures of Disney stars throughout the years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making New Mileys: Disney's Teen-Star Factory | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

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