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...trade virtual shares of sports stars, made its debut. Sites like the Hollywood Stock Exchange have offered a similar market for actors and movies, and now the concept is trying to take root in the sports world. And while your cash isn't actually funding King James - don't expect a dividend check from his highness - the profits or losses are very real. "You've got a little skin in the game," says Michael Sroka, a 27-year-old ex-former hedge fund manager who is OneSeason's founder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing the Jock Market | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...patch, played by Danny Glover. After they receive the depressing news that the city around them is crumbling as the plague continues to spread, bongos and flutes from a lighthearted Caribbean tune invade the decrepit room. At this point, the last (or maybe first) thing you’d expect is the blind to break out singing as if in a seeing-impaired musical. But something similar, and potentially worse, happens: they all begin to whistle along. This ironically cheerful moment is abruptly severed, as the various wards form mock governments. The self-proclaimed “King...

Author: By Andres A. Arguello, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blindness | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...chance would have it, that guy is Nick, and their relationship springs from there as they attempt to track down the secret show put on that night in New York by Where’s Fluffy. In many ways, this is exactly what we’ve come to expect from Cera. He is his normal self, relying on smiles and awkward movements to convey emotion. People who fell in love with him in “Juno” will be satisfied again, but there is no way he can carry this movie. His cute boy-next-door charm...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...Francisco, when gay rights activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon became the first same-sex couple married in San Francisco after the state Supreme Court overturned a 2006 judicial ban on gay marriage. According to a report by the Williams Institute at UCLA, California officials can expect to marry well over 118,000 gay couples in the next three years...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman | Title: The Summer of (Lesbian) Love | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

Biden, who for years chaired the Senate Judiciary committee, went on at length about his authorship of the Violence Against Women Act and how the Court had ruled against him on a particular provision. Expect to see more of that tonight at the debates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poll: Palin Less Popular with Women Voters Than with Men | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

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