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...Paris, sends them back to Los Angeles, where their caretaker is Toby, a PlayStation addict and all-around loser played by Zachary Levi (star of TV's Chuck). His main function - except for failing in public, then being romantically rewarded for it - is to make sure the chipmunks go to ... high school? Affirmative action in California admission policies now apparently applies to 8-in.-tall brown animals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alvin 2: The Unspeakable Squeakquel | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

...collective response to this legacy of ass-kicking is puzzling. Each time, we build a slapdash pedestal for the heroes. Then we go back to blaming the government for failing to keep us safe, and the government goes back to treating us like children. This now familiar ritual distracts us from the real lesson, which is that we are not helpless. And since regular people will always be first on the scene of terrorist attacks, we should perhaps prioritize the public's antiterrorism capability - above and beyond the fancy technology that will never be foolproof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lesson: Passengers Are Not Helpless | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

...life is boring. I don't go to clubs, I have never done an extreme sport and when people ask me what's new, I usually tell them what I ate for lunch. I never really worried about this before - that is, until I read a collection of my own Facebook updates. Facebook's "My Year in Status" application has collected every status update I posted this year and published them as one easily digestible essay about sleeping, eating and going to work. I really need to get out more. (See TIME's top 10 Facebook stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Year in Status on Facebook | 12/29/2009 | See Source »

...expect TV journalism to change in the next five years? - Debra Turner, New York City I've seen a lot of death notices come and go about what I do for a living. Not only are we still standing; I'm proud to report that NBC Nightly News viewers have increased over last year. I think with media rapidly multiplying, the choices we have, have perhaps become so dizzying that there is a kind of "Come home, America" aspect to our increased audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Brian Williams | 12/29/2009 | See Source »

When are you going to start Twittering? - Tracy Marino, Austin, Texas Our team has used Twitter on occasion. I see it as kind of a time suck that I don't need any more of. Just too much "I got the most awesome new pair of sweatpants." I'm going to go ahead and assume that people buy awesome sweatpants every day and that I don't need to know them by name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Brian Williams | 12/29/2009 | See Source »

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