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...eyes, a voice too deep and rich for his age and, in his one nude scene (Heigl doesn't get one, as Mr. Skin will tell you, except for a gynecological closeup late in the film) a cute tush. But by Hollywood beauty standards, he's so on the lower side of ordinary, he almost doesn't belong in movies. That's one good thing about Apatow: he subverts the medium's inherent aesthetic fascism - survival of the cutest - and puts funny people center-screen. His mission to devolve the notion of the leading man continues in this fall...
...Rudd in Knocked Up is Ben's humane, hunky alternative to his lower-life-form friends, and a closer soulmate than Alison. He can't have sex with Pete, but Alison can't make him laugh so hard - which is what matters in a guy-centric comedy. Ben is tolerant of Alison's weaknesses but attracted to Ben's strengths. He's not the Other, which guys like Ben think of women; he's the better, cooler Ben. At the film's climax, the two go off to Vegas, again not to have sex but to do some "shrooms...
...Less Is More In "Undersize Me," Joel Stein explained how some restaurants have gone against the current trend by offering smaller portions [May 21]. What reason would restaurants have to offer less food at a lower price? Do they really care about our health, happiness or financial security? Just as with any other business, they want to see how much money they can get out of our pocket and leave us wanting to come back. In response to every marketing strategy hurled our way, we must always ask ourselves, Why? It isn't about what...
...million sheep in the country." It was a premature judgment, for those same sheep, ultimately, did not relinquish their freedoms, nor have they limited their democratic aspirations to simply voting at the polls. They have been behind a whole host of social movements, from the rise of the lower castes and environmental activism to demands for regional autonomy and the growth of feminism. Large sections on modern Indian culture tackle topics as diverse as Hindi films, regional-language poets and national radio-and illustrate how they have all played their role in deepening the conception of nationhood...
...ethanol critics have doubts about the fuel as a short- and long-term energy solution. As U.S. vehicles burn through 9 million bbl. of gasoline a day, cornfield Cassandras fear that the home-brewed replacement may be only a pricey stepping-stone to a new generation of more efficient, lower-cost power sources like other biofuels, solar cells, wind and ethanol made from farm waste or other sources. Brazil, for instance, brews sugarcane-based ethanol, which is more efficient than corn-based...