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...preposterous - Bolt is shipped to New York City, where he strikes up a quick animosity with a sassy cat named Mittens (Curb Your Enthusiasm's Susie Essman). Their itinerary will be no secret to the youngest of viewers: cat and dog, joined by Rhino (Disney animator Mark Walton), a hamster who travels in a Plexiglas ball. Through Rhino, a diehard fan of the TV show, Bolt realizes that his powers aren't so super, and he comes to suspect that Penny was just another jaded Hollywood actress who'd forget about him when she left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bolt: Dog Gone Disney | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...that the promise of witnessing Miley Cyrus’s feature film debut isn’t enough? Admittedly, “Bolt” is no “Finding Nemo,” but its bevy of quirky characters, endearing sense of humor and one awesome hamster are enough to make it worthwhile—if only for the kid in you. Bolt (John Travolta) is an American white shepherd whose owner is a teen celebrity named Penny (Miley Cyrus). Together they star in a TV show where Bolt uses his many superpowers to protect Penny while...

Author: By Rebecca J. Levitan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Bolt' | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...According to the hosting site, ustream.tv - which also features a "hamster live" webcam for the more rodent-inclined - the Shiba Inu Puppycam is the most-viewed show currently available. The American Kennel Club says Shiba Inus have "an independent nature and can be reserved toward strangers." Good thing they don't know they've been watched by strangers for more than 66,000 combined viewing hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Puppycam: For When You're Sick of Politics | 11/11/2008 | See Source »

...author's own brush with American urgency has soured him on the 24/7 work life: "The intention of this book is to free me and tens of millions like me from the hamster's treadmill," he says. Rubens ties mindless ambition in the U.S. to major depression, addiction, personal and public debt and even the popularity of American Idol. "Unless we change our nation's culture," he cautions, "we will die alone and unhappy with our basalt countertops, Sub-Zero wine storage and massive credit-card debt." Wait--is that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...Levenson ran cross-country for two years and track for a year in high school. “I didn’t like it. It was boring,” Levenson said. “You just run around and around on a track, you feel like a hamster on a wheel.” To train for the marathon, many of the runners adhered to a regimen of three or four-hour runs on weekdays, followed by incrementally lengthening “long runs” on weekends. For these runners, training was no chore...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Runners Raise Funds for Charity | 4/22/2008 | See Source »

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