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...Visibly drunk is a rare look for a character who, over 46 years on the big screen (and 22 official Bond titles), has demonstrated a refined taste for alcohol, ordering libations from Dom Pérignon to mint juleps and influencing a whole generation of fans on what's hip to sip. "Instead of an action hero chugging a beer or pounding down a shot, it's clear that Ian Fleming started this franchise with a real sense of taste - if you'll pardon the pun - for fine living and nice drinks," says Tom Sisson, director of the New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaken and Stirred, James Bond Loves His Booze | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

...said. “I feel like he wants to make sure there’s not a day that goes by when someone can point and say ‘There’s the failure in your political career, that’s when you got drunk, that’s when you failed a test, that’s when you weren’t nice to someone.’” “He knows exactly what image he’s portraying: an Anglo Conservative Texan.”If Andrea...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett | Title: Kids Who Would Be King | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

...characters get drunk, fall in love and steal exam papers - but Five Point Someone also taps into the pressures facing students at India's élite educational institutions. One character's brilliant research proposal gets shelved because he's considered an underachiever, with a "five-point-something" grade average. Another nearly breaks down under the pressure from his mother to find a job that will pay for his father's medical bills and sister's dowry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techie Lit: India's New Breed of Fiction | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

...decide not to go to the game at all, considering they will only be able to tailgate for two hours before they have to stand in the cold at Soldiers Field sobering up. In this unfortunate situation, too many students would find it far more rational to remain drunk, warm, and out of the police’s reach by staying near the Square.Those who do decide to bare the rules and regulations of this year’s will face an entirely different challenge in Allston: having fun under the constraints of martial law. The prospect of police officers...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Shades of Crimson | 10/26/2008 | See Source »

...Elvis Costello, during which they engage in a comic sing-song dialogue about their turbulent love. “I just went to the corner to get a cold six-pack,” Costello says. Williams replies with a rasp: “You’re a drunk, you’re a stoner, you never came back.” Yet Williams’ penchant for composing meaningful and often melancholic music is in no way diminished. She sings tenderly on slower, more mellow songs like “Knowing” and “Plan...

Author: By Olivia S. Pei, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lucinda Williams | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

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