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...including two from 2000, when he became the first man ever to sweep the 20-km and 50-km races. He hasn't lost at 50 km, his specialty, since 1999. And he's set a new record in his last two 50-km races, clocking 3 hr. 36 min. 3 sec. at the World Championships in Paris last August. Korzeniowski, 35, admits his career has turned out so well that "I could finish happily any day." So why bother with Athens? "I still have Olympic dreams," he says, flashing the first of many smiles. "I'm giving myself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The King of Racewalking | 5/23/2004 | See Source »

...style, with Tom Hanks, Uma Thurman, Cameron Diaz, Brad Pitt, Charlize Theron, Sean Penn and Julie Andrews gracing the red-carpeted steps of the Grand Palais. The film selection held some sweet surprises, such as Paolo Sorrentino's deadpan crime comedy Consequences of Love, and a 4 hr. 38 min. Palestinian drama, Yousry Nasrallah's The Gate of the Sun, which overflowed with passion, smart dialogue and a knowing, dreamy poignance. Jean-Luc Godard's Our Music, about the Israel-Palestine conundrum, concluded its dark ruminations by sending its lead character to a heaven patrolled, without apparent irony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cannes-Do Spirit | 5/23/2004 | See Source »

...bathrooms, men sleep in their clothes, with their weapons, for as long as and whenever they can. There is no electricity, sanitation or water; ready-to-eat meals and 300 gal. of drinking water are brought in daily from the Marines' headquarters at Camp Fallujah, a dangerous 40-min. drive away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life on the Front Lines | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

Some of Achilles' nerve comes in handy for anyone trying to make Homer's Iliad sing and swagger in a 2-hr. 40-min. movie. Director Wolfgang Petersen, writer David Benioff and their cohort just about pull it off. In this vigorous, stalwart epic, they blend martial breadth and emotional intimacy, honor and obsession, romance and machismo to show the glamour and folly of war. Old men plot; young men die; strong women weep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: That's What You Call A Homer | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

...camera lens to movie mode, look through the viewfinder and press a button on top to start recording. To play MP3s, plug in the headphones and flip the dial to music mode. The Keyring Camcorder shoots stills at resolutions of up to 2 megapixels and can store nearly 30 min. of video...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Key-Chain Wonder | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

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