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What's next? One of the things that I'm thinking for the next one is 'a walk in the park.' So squirrels, pigeons, ducks, sparrows. Green Porno has turned out to be more successful than we had planned. Now Sundance is going to show them on television and the Independent Film Channel shows them before feature films. So they're viewed on the big screen-and they look great, I have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...that's character comedy, I mean tragedy, I mean tromedy, of the highest, I mean lowest, I mean high-lowest order. Beyond the weirdness, if you can get there, is a quick portrait of trailer-park America pursuing its urges by any means necessary. It's clear that Ronnie, no babe magnet, will take what he can get on this night of nights, even if it's not quite the exalted ecstasy he had hoped for; and that Brandi, who's been in this position once or twice before, wants the sexual exercise, even if she's not awake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Observe and Report: Travis Bickle, Mall Cop | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...juggle the demands of new parenthood with the intense training required to prepare for the Olympics? Kimberly Britt WINTER PARK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Dara Torres | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...struck a sentimental chord with baseball fans, reminding them of the glory and heroism of legendary players like Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Jackie Robinson. In 1958, on the song's 50th anniversary, MLB gave Norworth - who had finally attended his first game in 1940 - a gold lifetime ball park pass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...wasn't until the 1970s that the song found its current exalted status as baseball's alternative anthem, thanks to Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Caray, then an announcer at Comiskey Park, home of the Chicago White Sox. Sitting in his booth, Caray would often sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" with nearby fans. One day, then-owner Bill Veeck noticed the impromptu choir. The following game, he outfitted Caray's booth with a secret microphone, and a tradition was born. Caray eventually moved to Wrigley Field with the Chicago Cubs, bringing his seventh-inning singing with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

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