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...only $77.7 million - a most unlucky number for the studios dumping their clearance-sale titles on an apathetic market. For filmgoers, this was the purge before the binge. A heady month is ahead, with Shrek the Third and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ready to pick the public's pockets. And this weekend: Spider-Man 3, which on its own is guaranteed to top last weekend's cume. Anything under a $100 million launch would be disappointing for a threequel with a budget in at least the quarter-billion-dollar range. These days directors of special-effects...
...enough old, overeducated journalists in a room and tell them to make a list of the world's 100 most influential people, and they'll pick people like paleogeneticist Svante Paabo and Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko. The only surprise is that the list doesn't include a good retirement planner...
Unlike the experts who pick the TIME 100, these people have a wide-ranging set of experiences, from taking their clothes off to beating people up. This was not a group that was going to pick Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. So I had a moment of panic when Xzibit, the first to read from his list, named Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This was followed by relief when he said, "Because he always has a tight blazer on." The others weren't so excited about Ahmadinejad, but they all agreed with Xzibit that Al Gore is the most important person in the world...
...time the second bottle was kicked, American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar's hair had made the list. A stirring debate occurred over whether Hillary Clinton or Martha Stewart should be on, with the group eventually ruling out Hillary. "If there are two powerful women, you might as well pick Martha," explained Dr. Boogie. And Donald Trump, everyone agreed, should make it because, as Dr. Boogie put it, "he's doing seminars and teaching people how to make money. A lot of people keep those secrets to themselves." According to the Alt TIME 100, Donald Trump is a giver...
...history of crying into the books and ruining the bindings. Tears welling and covered in poorman’s Astroturf, I was mortified. I was feeling a little down after this double rejection so I started to wander over towards Eliot to visit DA. I wanted a little pick me up, so I took off my corduroys and my boxers, put the corduroys back on inside out, and then jogged the rest of the way to Eliot. When I got to DA’s room I obviously needed to take a shower and do laundry, but I asked...