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...dysfunctional working-class family - he took the project in a more sophisticated direction, creating a layered story line that lures viewers into caring about the characters even as they laugh at the stupidity of anyone who voluntarily consigns him- or herself to the human zoo that is reality TV. (Read a TIME cover story on reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Survivor, the Disabled Version, Comes to U.K. TV | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...Gabriella, 32, profoundly deaf and several months pregnant, refuses to try to understand Carrie, a 28-year-old with dwarfism, telling her that her mouth is simply too small to lip-read. "People speak of the disabled community, but we're the most diverse community," says Kiruna Stamell, the Australian actress who plays Carrie. "Even with short-statured people, we come from different backgrounds, different cultures. The shared experience we have is social discrimination." (Read "Disabled Models: A U.K. Reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Survivor, the Disabled Version, Comes to U.K. TV | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...appears on the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders as a teacher -her disability is incidental to the plotline. In addition, BBC is launching a drive to find new disabled talent for its programming, and another broadcaster has hired a facially disfigured man to present its news bulletins this week. (Read "Bad News...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Survivor, the Disabled Version, Comes to U.K. TV | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...know. I was a little intimidated by Kristen [Stewart] in my audition. So I played it like a guy who is beating himself up a lot about everything. I don't think anyone else did it like that. I think they concentrated on the confidence aspect. If you read the book, you know he's the perfect man, ideal man. If you're a guy, you have certain ideals about what you think is attractive. And that's why I didn't go into it for ages, because I thought I'd end up being silly in the audition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Robert Pattinson | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...worried too. I tried not to take it personally. I just tried to reassure the fans as much as I could, I even wrote a letter. The Internet is a fantastic, strange place where you can write an open letter and be reasonably assured that people are going to read it. I gathered from people who were monitoring the fan sites that people were willing to give me a shot. After that, I figured the next message was going to be the film itself. (See pictures of the New Moon cast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Director Chris Weitz | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

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