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...company has raised some $100 million from investors, among them Rho Ventures, based in New York City, and IBM. The idea is to sell the kiosk for about $60,000 to retailers, resorts and cruise ships and then supply the machine's magic film-development dust as a consumable (on the model of companies that sell razors cheap and profit on the blades). All revenue from photo development goes into the retailer's pocket. Joel Paymer, co-owner of Camera Land, where a kiosk is being tested in New York City, gushes that "it's going to change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faster Photos | 10/28/2002 | See Source »

...intact, including grownups Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall, Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid and Richard Harris - who died last week - as Dumbledore. Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) and his nasty pals are still hatching nefarious plots. Production designer Stuart Craig's Diagon Alley - a teetering jumble of Tudor and Georgian magic shops - is still standing. Hogwarts Castle's mile-high central staircase continues to twist and turn according to its own whims. Columbus has included all of the book's greatest moments: Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint, 14, in whose voice you can hear the raspy effects of puberty) receives a "howler" telegram...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dark Side of Potter | 10/27/2002 | See Source »

...novel, The Heaven of Mercury is quite captivating—like first love, it absorbs those who spot it and draws them in closer. Watson’s fluid prose and ample descriptions build the story into something wonderful, despite its flaws. Without the forced integration of elements of magic, it would certainly be a more magical book. However, even just as it is, The Heaven of Mercury casts a spell...

Author: By Alexandra B. Moss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Southern Ghosts | 10/17/2002 | See Source »

...offense had staked Harvard to a 35-21 lead going into the fourth quarter, only to watch that margin evaporate as the Mountain Hawks drove steadily on the Crimson and scored three times. Unable to produce any more magic, the offense sputtered and could not respond...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No Defense for Crimson’s Performance | 10/15/2002 | See Source »

...could use a magic formula at the moment. Even though Nelly and Eminem are on a trajectory to sell 10 million copies of their most recent albums, the genre is in a profound slump. Sales are down 24% from the same period last year, and the depression isn't merely commercial. For the first time in recent memory, there's genuine apathy among fans and a sense that the music isn't what it used to be. LL Cool J--whose career has risen and fallen but seldom dipped below platinum--suddenly finds himself the genre's wisest head. "There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hip-Hop Grownup | 10/14/2002 | See Source »

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