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...Paul Rudd doesn't seem like a leading man until you remember that some men star in movies with other men. Bob Hope didn't beat up criminals or woo ladies, and likewise, Rudd, who at 5 ft. 10 somehow projects 5 ft. 6, has found the perfect expression of his charming, nonthreatening slyness in the buddy comedy. After playing a lot of leading men's friends (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up) and nice guys embraced by leading women after they've come to their senses (Friends, Clueless), Rudd has graduated to playing the lead...
...wasn't buying the premise: that a straight adult male can successfully troll for straight adult male friends. Men are genetically programmed to shed friends once they get married, not add them. "If my dad had social engagements, it was my mom who arranged them," Rudd says. "But I never had a problem making friends." So, sitting in a booth at the Half King bar in New York City, two beers down, we decide to see if we can pull it off. (See the Top 10 Movie Bromances...
...Because both Chinalco and Minmetals are state-owned companies, the deals face significant regulatory scrutiny in Australia, but are likely to go through with few major problems. Kevin Rudd, the prime minister, is a fluent Mandarin speaker who had made it clear that solid ties to Beijing are among his top priorities. And with the mining industry now flat on its back as the global recession deepens, it's unlikely Canberra will go out of its way to insult the only people around who have some money left in their pockets - and the willingness to spend...
...deadliest wildfires in Australia's history have killed at least 181 people and destroyed more than 750 homes. Some 1,100 sq. mi. (2,850 sq km) have burned. Authorities say at least one of the fires, which began near Melbourne on Feb. 7, was arson. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called the act "mass murder...
...mourned and opened its arms to comfort those who had lost a child or a mate or all they owned, police delivered more chilling news: some of the fires had been deliberately lit. "There's no words to describe it other than it's mass murder," Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said. Rudd spoke too of rebuilding towns "brick by brick, school by school, community hall by community hall." Getting over the heightened fear of nature's fury might take longer...