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...that coolness that lets Willis walk away, John McClane--like, from disasters that might have destroyed other careers: Hudson Hawk. Talking-baby movies. Movies with Matthew Perry in them. Investing in Planet Hollywood. Giving his kids odd names. Endorsing George Bush. People just don't abandon Bruce Willis. Despite the cuffed Levi's 501 blues he stills wears, he somehow stays with the times--Pulp Fiction, Friends, the Beavis and Butt-head movie, Sin City. It's because he never put himself on a different level from us. "Could you ever picture yourself hanging out with Sylvester Stallone? Could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bruce Willis Keeps His Cool | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

Congressman Heath Shuler was the odd man out at a press conference last month rallying opposition to then not-yet-finalized Senate immigration bill - the other seven legislators facing the media that day were all Republicans. But the freshman North Carolina Democrat, one of only six members of his party in the 104-member House Immigration Reform Caucus, didn't mind being the lone Democrat on that panel: Elected with just 54 percent of the vote in 2006, his seat is a major Republican target in 2008, and the No. 1 issue he hears about when he goes home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reluctant Dems on Immigration Reform | 6/19/2007 | See Source »

...kinds of songs on the White Stripes' Icky Thump. The first are primitive, grinding rockers--the kind people have known and cherished and unbuttoned one anothers' clothes to since the Rolling Stones first raided the blues bin. Let's call these the good songs. The second are so willfully odd and filigreed as to be almost beyond description, let alone comprehension. Suffice it to say that if you've ever wondered what a Patti Page, Herb Alpert and Slash tribute to Three Amigos might sound like, there's a song on Icky Thump just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The White Stripes' Odd Appeal | 6/14/2007 | See Source »

...expecting Whole Foods to transform the way Britons eat. "It's quite an experience - I'm going to come back when I want to indulge in healthy food and salads," said Lucy, a 23-year-old stylist visiting Whole Foods for the first time. "But I still like the odd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whole Foods Hits the Land of Mushy Peas | 6/14/2007 | See Source »

...Other, which guys like Ben think of women; he's the better, cooler Ben. At the film's climax, the two go off to Vegas, again not to have sex but to do some "shrooms" and make each other giggle. Ben and Alison are the odd couple, but in Ben and Pete the movie has found its ideal couple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Knocked Out by 'Knocked Up' | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

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