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You can imagine their wedding night. The girl is required to lie back and think of England - or at least that vast portion of its acreage that is the Duke's domain. What he may be thinking of is unimaginable to us. Essentially, he is grimly standing to stud. Alas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keira Knightley as a Feisty, Cool Duchess | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

In June the 39 Clues team got a major boost: DreamWorks acquired the film rights, with Steven Spielberg planning to produce and direct. "The 39 Clues takes creative leaps to expand the story experience from the pages of the books to multiple stages of discovery and imagination," Spielberg said, in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 39 Clues: The Next Harry Potter? | 9/9/2008 | See Source »

The news late Monday that Manchester United, current champions of English and European league soccer, had bought the Bulgarian star Dimitar Berbatov might usually have rankled the long-suffering fans of Manchester City, United's fierce crosstown rivals. City supporters have spent years living in the shadow of their more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Flowing into English Soccer | 9/2/2008 | See Source »

The second tier of summer's heroes included some surprises, too. Iron Man, a new franchise built around a lesser-known Marvel Comics character and a lead actor, Robert Downey Jr., whose indie-heavy resume didn't suggest he'd lure the masses, managed to take in $317.5 million. Indiana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summer Box Office: Good, Not Great | 8/29/2008 | See Source »

The U.S. economic downturn has claimed another victim: Bennigan's Grill & Tavern, the 32-year-old chain of casual-dining fern bars. Amid sky-high gas and food prices and tightening consumer spending, the chain's Texas-based parent company declared bankruptcy July 29, saying it would shutter 150 eateries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

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