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...supper "still hot," balancing the seesaw of fear and comfort. In expanding the story, Jonze (with co-writer Dave Eggers) invents just enough of Max's home life to convey the forces behind his disobedience. The parents of 9-year-old Max (played by Max Records, whose name and performance suggest he was born for this role) have split up, and his mother (the gloriously sensitive Catherine Keener) is struggling to keep their household together while trying to meet her own needs. (She has a new boyfriend, played by Mark Ruffalo.) Max also has a sister, a teenager named Claire...
...word story of Max - last name unknown, emotional state tumultuous, willingness to obey dubious - has been a bedtime favorite of wild things everywhere (and their parents) since not long after its 1963 publication. That makes nearly five decades' worth of fans, many of whom have been harboring the disquieting fear that the universality of Maurice Sendak's Max, who so exquisitely embodies the inherent storminess of all small beings, would be marred by Spike Jonze's cinematic adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are. (See TIME's photo-essay "Kids' Books Come to Life...
...been surrounded by great athletes in my family,” Brian said. “Seeing [Chris] at Stanford and how he’s doing extremely well, I’m proud of him. I’ve just come out here, trying to make a name for myself. I just try to work hard in practice [so] it shows in the games...
...name redacted], you are a giant douchecock...
...this stage, the Guardian was still unable to name Trafigura or shed further light on the kerfuffle, but the paper's editor, Alan Rusbridger (@arusbridger), continued to lob his own carefully crafted tweets into the mix. "#Guardian hoping to get into court today to challenge ban by #carter-ruck on reporting parliament. Watch this space," he posted. He informed the Twitterverse that a court hearing was set for the afternoon. Then came two jubilant tweets: "Victory! #CarterRuck caves-in. No #Guardian court hearing. Media can now report Paul Farrelly's PQ about #Trafigura. More soon on Guardian." And "Thanks...