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Years in the making, and with a production budget from $200 million to $300 million plus marketing costs, Avatar arrives in theaters on Dec. 18 to colossal expectations. The movie industry hopes its immersive special effects spark a big-screen renaissance. Fans crave the next Star Wars. It's a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Avatar Arrives! Can James Cameron Be King Again? | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

And as much as he could, Cameron tried to place the cast emotionally inside the environment of Pandora. He took the actors to Hawaiian rain forests and shot reference footage for them to use as sense memory. To help them feel an explosion, he boomed a noise over amplifiers, threw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Avatar Arrives! Can James Cameron Be King Again? | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

Bristling at a censure issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency over its failure to comply with weapons inspectors, Iran vowed to significantly expand its controversial nuclear program by constructing 10 large facilities capable of generating 20,000 MW of electricity and 250 to 300 tons of nuclear fuel annually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

North Korea, home of one of the world's most cloistered economies, tackled its soaring inflation rate on Nov. 30 by quietly revaluing its currency at a rate of 100 to 1. The move is widely believed to be an attempt to crack down on private businesses that operate outside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

In a surprise shake-up, General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson was ousted by the company's board after just eight months on the job. The troubled auto giant--now 60% owned by the U.S. government--has shown modest signs of economic improvement, but Henderson, a company veteran, clashed with directors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

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