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...playing is a remarkably different star from the one who personified narcissistic baby-boomer bachelorhood throughout the 1990s. Seinfeld is 53 (though he could easily pass for 40), and since the show ended its run, he has acquired a wife, a daughter and two sons. "As a single person, I was always exploring the world," says Seinfeld over lunch one day at the DreamWorks lot in Glendale, Calif., where he's putting the finishing touches on Bee Movie. "Now I've lost some interest in the world. I'm more interested in my wife and kids." After his show went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerry Seinfeld Goes Back to Work | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

Employ an art adviser who will act as researcher, broker and front person. The best don't advertise, so ask a reputable source like the curator of your local museum of contemporary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of Owning Art | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...stranger until that morning—had been in the same line. Twenty-nine years and a new arena later, they were back in the same place with the very same hope. The long and eager line on Friday was of similar disposition to the one in 1978, each person abuzz with the excitement of Kevin Garnett’s arrival and the prospect of the Celtics reaching the NBA Finals. Such is the nature of Boston fans, so quick to complain but equally quick to regain hope. In the same sentence, another middle-aged man in line decried Rick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOMER SOONER | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...known throughout the trial as "Jane Doe IV," by forcing her into marriage with her first cousin, Allen Steed. In a town that is a 50-50 split between old Mormon residents and newcomers with more liberal politics and lifestyles - a split echoed in the makeup of the eight-person jury - it was a gamble for both sides. Would Mormons harbor secret sympathy for polygamists, or come down harder on the sect? Would newcomers be horrified by the child marriages, or see the prosecution as religious persecution? After two and a half days of deliberation and the replacement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jeffs' Conviction: A Winning Ploy | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

...profile cases involving polygamy, knows this well. In January, Gale represented a Brigham, Utah, man, who, though a bigamist, was facing four first-degree felony counts for rape of his young wife. (Utah recently raised the age of consent from 14 to 16 and it is illegal for a person of authority or trust to have sex with anyone under 18.) Gayle's client took a plea agreement, but still was punished with significant prison time, far greater than any he would have received for violating bigamy statutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jeffs' Conviction: A Winning Ploy | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

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