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...accosted an unsuspecting Prime Minister Taro Aso for another episode of "Devil's Contract" at a shopping arcade in Tokyo to show him the photo he had taken with the President-Elect in St. Louis. In fact, today nearly all of Notchi's comedic bookings come from this new gig, and he hopes the work will keep coming. "I will be Obama for the next four years," he says, "If lucky, even eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Almost Famous: Japan's Obama Impersonator | 11/19/2008 | See Source »

There's a code that everyone understands when you're traveling, the unspoken semantics of road sex. If you take a musician home with you after the gig, you can't expect anything except a good time. Nobody goes into a one-night stand expecting to fall in love - though it happens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One-Night Stands: A Rough Guide | 11/11/2008 | See Source »

...familiar fairy tale: small town girl gets big gig - and the clothing to go with it. We see it in Hollywood and in the fashion and magazine publishing businesses all the time. But Sarah Palin's recent run-in with designer merch at high-end emporiums like Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue to the tune of about $150,000 is unacceptable simply because she has spent so much time campaigning against elitist attitudes. And now here she is, crossing the tarmac in a pair of Cole Haan boots, showing up at Ground Zero in what definitely looks like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarah Palin's $150,000 Crime Against Fashion | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...When Trojan contacted Byrne, he had recently finished a similar gig with Camel cigarettes and says he would have preferred a call from a less polarizing company, like 1-800-FLOWERS. Byrne came around, however, to Trojan’s mission. “I think what Trojan did is just very positive. It’s a way to get kids in and enjoy the evening and get people to be healthy...

Author: By Joseph P. Shivers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stand Up for Safe Sex | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...McCullough, a stand-up-and-comer from New York, likened the gig to his promotional acts for Guinness, another cause he personally supports. “I would’ve worked for PBR too, but only for the money,” he says. “I hate...

Author: By Joseph P. Shivers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stand Up for Safe Sex | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

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