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...efforts are by no means hopeless. Han's blog, which has registered well over 200 million hits since it was started in 2006, making him one of the most popular bloggers on the planet, covers everything from the minutiae of the amateur racing world to diatribes about the hot social issue of the day on the Internet. "Neither fame nor wealth have changed his honesty or the sharpness of his criticism," says novelist Zhang Yueran of Han. "To me he's like the little boy in The Emperor's New Clothes, whose provocative attitude doesn't allow people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Han Han: China's Literary Bad Boy | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...Maybe. But there's also the uniqueness to be found in Japan's relationship with food, and the cultural fixation on eating it or appraising it. Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi wasn't six-time champion of Nathan's Hot Dog eating contest without the backing of a culture that knows how to stretch their stomachs. Many celebrity "tarento" (talent) become famous by stuffing their faces, and "oogui" (or competitive eating) is so popular that TV Tokyo, a major network, has a seasonal special program to determine the "King of Gluttons." This September, "food fighter" Ayari Sato won against seven competitors through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burger King Gives Japan a Seven-Patty Challenge | 10/31/2009 | See Source »

...someone in half... with acid!”. Standard “Saw” tropes like head-mounted traps, automated shotguns, self amputation, and smashing extremities to escape bondage make up the bulk of the film, while the few original elements (such as a maze filled with hot steam) are the least interesting of the mutilation machines. But this indirect borrowing from previous films apparently wasn’t enough to fill out “Saw VI’s” 90 minutes, so Melton and Dunstan resort to direct copying: much of the movie is comprised...

Author: By Mark A. VanMiddlesworth, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saw VI | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

When asked in a 2001 television interview about the numerous corruption allegations that had dogged him throughout his years of public service, then-President Jacques Chirac waved the notion away as nothing but hot air. That changed on Friday, however, when a judge ordered Chirac to stand trial for alleged abuse of public funds while he was mayor of Paris just before his election to the Elys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chirac Faces Charges. French Shrug. | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

...There's still a chance that Chirac won't see the inside of a courtroom, given the likelihood that Marin will appeal Simeoni's decision to send the case to trial. Even if the appeal is granted, however, it seems unlikely Chirac would try to use his hot air line again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chirac Faces Charges. French Shrug. | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

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