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...Reilly is out of the house, Ferrell tiptoes into the sanctum, opens his pants and rubs his scrotum on the surface of the snare drum. Taking revenge on a hated rival: it's a moral imperative for great warriors, 8-year-old boys, silverback gorillas and the heroes of modern comedies. Ferrell's nut-job is also about as close as any male character in Step Brothers comes to sexual release...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Step Brothers: "Oh, Grow Up!" "Never!" | 7/24/2008 | See Source »

...modern music's biggest headache, a good old-fashioned remedy: British music fans sharing illegal files online can now expect a polite slap on the wrist in the form of a letter through the post from their Internet Service Provider (ISP). The warnings are part of a government-brokered agreement between the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), which represents record labels in the U.K., and the country's six leading ISPs, and aims to stymie online piracy by better educating Internet users about illegal file sharing and by promoting access to legitimate online services. The deal offers "hope of a sustainable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Net Firms in Music Piracy Deal | 7/24/2008 | See Source »

...hanging 16 of his rarely seen works alongside those of contemporary Indonesian artists - among them current auction-market favorites I. Nyoman Masriadi, Agus Suwage and Rudi Mantofani - in a bid to convey the influence Sudjojono has had on generations after him. "Sudjojono is regarded as the theorist of modern Indonesian art," says Kwok Kian Chow, director of the Singapore Art Museum. "He casts a long shadow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painter Laureate | 7/24/2008 | See Source »

...expected to cost about $84 million to build. That's a lot of cabbage to grow some lettuce, which is perhaps why the first tower in the works is in Las Vegas. In a city that already has a giant pyramid and mini Eiffel Tower, why not a modern Hanging Gardens of Babylon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inner-City Farms | 7/24/2008 | See Source »

...will Ryan, a self-described "modern hermit," adjust to the post's demands? She expects that 90% of her life will be disrupted. "But I'm ready to be interrupted," she says. "I'm getting tired of myself, tired of inflicting myself on myself. I'm ready to inflict myself on others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Busiest Poet | 7/23/2008 | See Source »

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