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...Would you ever commit to the lead role in a movie series again? - Danielle Higson, St. John's, Nfld. It would be very hard to do that in a hurry. I think it would be a while, at least, before I did that. It would have to be very good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Daniel Radcliffe | 7/16/2009 | See Source »

...write a lot about your sexual experiences and the women you've been with. Does that make it hard for you to meet women now? Actually, women are often quite drawn to that sort of thing. A lot of women write me very nice notes about the sexual aspect of my writing, so I don't think that's a problem. Once I'm in the relationship with someone, then people don't really like what I write. That's why my next book is going to be called If You Know Me, Please Don't Read This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Writer Jonathan Ames | 7/16/2009 | See Source »

...everyday incident in his backyard that first piqued Stephens' fascination with cursing. While building a shed in his garden, he accidentally hammered his little finger. "I whacked my hand really, really hard," he says, "and while it was throbbing, I swore a bit." Being a psychologist, of course that got him thinking, Why did I react in that way? Later, he witnessed his wife do the same thing while giving birth to their daughter - at moments of intense pain, she would holler expletives. "She immediately apologized," he remembers, "but [the medical staff] said, 'Don't apologize! We get this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bleep! My Finger! Why Swearing Helps Ease Pain | 7/16/2009 | See Source »

...believe that my reputation is that I ask the hard questions, but I do it evenly for both sides," Sotomayor answered back, maintaining her calm, as ever, in the face of a line of questioning that some observers called patronizing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sotomayor Keeps Her Cool on the Senate Hot Seat | 7/15/2009 | See Source »

...system altogether by borrowing from other businesspeople or even loan sharks. This sort of informal banking, which has a long history in China, has become more popular as the economy slows, says Du Xiaoshan, deputy director of Rural Development Institute at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. "It's hard for small and rural businesses to get bank loans, so there's generally more informal lending happening," says Du. (Read "The Argument Over China's Economic Prospects Intensifies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In China's Lending Boom, Small Businesses Go Begging | 7/15/2009 | See Source »

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