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Once outside of the city, Esther stays out of the way by living on a farm. Trouble comes when the local Nazi Kommandant spies her. Suspecting she is a Jew, instead of turning her in, he forces her to become his mistress. Soon this horror gives way to another as the Nazis retreat from the advancing Russian troops. The Russian's vodka-fueled barbarism sends Esther fleeing into a snowstorm, pulling Miriam behind in an open suitcase. This intense sequence becomes the book's dramatic and thematic climax. While some may see the hand of a benevolent God in sending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Need for Sensationalism | 6/1/2006 | See Source »

...camera focuses so tightly on Jones and Thorogood that the female actresses fade into the background. Monet Mazur (“Monster-in-Law”) as Anita Pallenberg, mistress of many band members, and Novotny both take decent turns, but neither endows her leggy blonde character with much individuality...

Author: By Tom C. Denison, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stoned | 4/12/2006 | See Source »

...Sherwood's when-did-you-stop-beating- your-mistress travails may have made this race competitive for Democrats, but Chris Carney's qualities as a candidate are what make it significant. He is one of more than 50 veterans running for Congress as Democrats this year, eight of whom are Iraq-combat veterans. Carney didn't see action in Iraq, but he was a senior intelligence analyst who served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Indeed, he was one of a core group of military-intelligence officers who studied the Iraqi insurgency over the past three years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq-War Vets: The Democrats' Newest Weapon | 3/12/2006 | See Source »

...plot unfolds on the day Rogan’s new show is set to open. Unfortunately, the afternoon takes a turn for the worse: his marriage begins to disintegrate, his mistress (Bebe Neuwirth) tells him that the lead actor in the show has lost his memory because of a brain parasite, and he is haunted by the presence of cutthroat theater critic Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr., “Good Night, and Good Luck?...

Author: By Allegra M. Richards, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Review: Game 6 | 3/9/2006 | See Source »

...fairly airtight case, as they?ve based their account on interviews with more than 200 people, memos detailing witness interviews with federal agents, audio tapes, BALCO search warrant affidavits, and other documented evidence. The authors also show that Bonds is a boor, as he allegedly threatened to kill his mistress Bell. It?s disarming, but sadly, again not all that surprising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Bonds Bow Out? | 3/8/2006 | See Source »

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