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...helm their classes. In May, Japan designated Hello Kitty as a tourism ambassador, two months after Doraemon, the aqua-hued robot feline, was named the nation's first cartoon envoy. The designation of these two cat representatives symbolizes just how much Japan's overseas reputation is tied to pop culture. That's a connection that surely pleases Japan's new Prime Minister Taro Aso. The 68-year-old premier, who is a self-confessed manga addict, has called for Japan to pursue what he calls "comic-book diplomacy." (Last year, when he was serving as Japan's Foreign Minister...
Odierno's physique and personality contributed to his image as a military bull in a china shop (See TIME's interview with Odierno). The general is 6 ft. 5 in. (2 m) and 245 lb. (111 kg); he played tight end at West Point. A native of Rockaway, N.J. (pop. 6,000), he speaks with the occasional New Jersey grumble, and bluntly. Odierno usually suffers in comparisons with the suave, diplomatic Petraeus. As a senior commander in Iraq told TIME in 2006, "If Dave is polish, Ray is spit." (See pictures of U.S. troops' 5 years in Iraq...
...studio with their famously controlling singer. Rose, once as blond and lithe as a stalk of wheat, has suffered the pudgification of middle age and burned through a reported $14 million in production costs, making Chinese Democracy the most expensive record in history. But given the cruelty with which pop culture devours its celebrity eccentrics, he's had a pretty easy ride. A surprising number of people actually want to hear this record, and for that, you can credit curiosity - What does $14 million sound like? - and the power of rock stardom. In his prime, Rose may have been...
Throughout, Rose sounds as strong as ever and maybe even more flexible. On the "November Rain"-ish ballad "Street of Dreams," he emotes with a previously unheard Elton John - like pop softness, and "There Was a Time" has him scampering flawlessly up the vocal ladder from low growls to meticulous high notes. Most of the tracks clock in at about five minutes, with solid melodies and abundant pace and instrument changes. Choirs show up sometimes, as do a mellotron and a Spanish guitar. It's almost enough to keep things interesting. Almost...
...confess: When I read on Tuesday that TRL had run its final episode on Sunday, my first thoughts were not about new media, pop culture, or Heidi Montag. My reaction was completely self-centered: a melodramatic response to a strange and peripheral reminder of the passage of time. A generation of college kids who grew up on TRL didn’t care about its death, and as I didn’t watch on Sunday night, Daly said, “We’re old now.” We?...