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There's a legendary moment in Borat when you stop laughing and move on to a sort of desperate, horrified gasping because what you're seeing is, literally, beyond funny. That moment, of course, is the nude wrestling match between Borat, a hairy beanpole of a broadcaster from Kazakhstan, and his producer, a mountain of bearded blubber. When you're presented with a sight like that - the most purely awful spectacle since Divine sampled dog poop at the end of John Waters' Pink Flamingos - something more than mere laughter is required. Like maybe a call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brüno's Sacha Baron Cohen: More Than a Comedian | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

...still willing to go places you wouldn't go in body armor. So he gives us Brüno on a camping trip trying to seduce some revolted Alabama hunters; Brüno getting belt-whipped - hard - by a nude dominatrix; Brüno in a steel-cage match melting into wet kisses with his opponent while the crowd goes wild - and not in a good way. But even when Brüno is in a hotel room infuriating members of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades - a situation that needs to be handled with care, especially if the guy handling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brüno's Sacha Baron Cohen: More Than a Comedian | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

...soon learn that James is nuts, but exactly the right kind of nuts for the job: ice-water nerves and a go-it-alone bravado to match his ninja expertise. Finding a string nearly buried in street rubble, he lifts it and finds it's attached to half a dozen bombs. Blithely he snaps a wire, making the devices harmless. Piece of cake, six slices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hurt Locker: Iraq, With Thrills | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Washington Nationals were counting on a match made in heaven when they picked Stephen Strasburg first overall in this year’s Major League Baseball amateur draft. On the surface, it was a no-brainer. Strasburg, who went 13-1 with a 1.32 ERA in his final season with San Diego State, was unanimously agreed to be the best player available; some experts even called the 20-year-old starter “the best pitching prospect ever.” By draft day, it was unthinkable that the first-picking Nats would...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich | Title: Error to the Pitcher | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

...there is the matter of scandals - many scandals. Several top players, including the former national captain, were removed from the men's team last year after allegedly partying all night just days before facing off against neighboring Ecuador in what was a must-win match to stay in the running for the World Cup. Ecuador, predictably, ran circles around Peru...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Peru Sports, Men Bumble, And Women Shine | 7/3/2009 | See Source »

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