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...director of memorably powerful and violent movies (Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator), Ridley Scott is making his first attempt at comic romance. His new film, A Good Year, stars Russell Crowe and is adapted from A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle, who has a home near Scott's in France (see review, p. 145). Scott, 68, talked with Belinda Luscombe about the French, Francis Ford Coppola's wine and how we'd all really like Kingdom of Heaven if we just saw more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Ridley Scott | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

...Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, an arm of the Organization of American States, has ruled that her case has merit. The dismissal, along with the new power Ortega has amassed in recent years via his alliance with Aleman, has helped make the Sandinista leader Sunday's front-runner, with 30% or more of the vote in recent polls. And under new electoral rules written by the Sandinista-Liberal partnership, Ortega needs to win only 35%, and defeat his closest opponent by at least 5 percentage points, to avoid a runoff election. The race could be close, however, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Old Bogeyman Makes a Comeback in Nicaragua | 11/3/2006 | See Source »

...Semel recruited former ABC-TV chairman Lloyd Braun two years ago to help the portal become a serious show biz player, and the Media Group was touted as an incubator for revolutionary new online content. But a series of gaffes ensued: plans to revive a TV pilot called "The Runner" as an interactive game went nowhere, a roving war correspondent and an adventure travel guide failed to click with audiences, and there was even discussion of having a newscast read by puppets. This year, scaling back its ambitious plans to produce TV-styled shows, the Media Group has enjoyed some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dotcom for the Dinner Table? | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

...hear you're a runner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Joyce Carol Oates | 11/1/2006 | See Source »

...Hagan, in his prime last season, torched Dartmouth by running for two scores and throwing for another, you’re probably ready to advance to the conclusion.Congratulations! By staying the course, you discovered a priceless bronze statue (a Payton Award?). Dartmouth’s best runner is its quarterback (Fritz is fifth in the Ivies in rushing yards). Harvard’s best runner is arguably the best runner in the entire freaking history of the league. Awesome Dawson stands just 338 yards away from breaking Ed Marinaro’s all-time Ivy rushing record. With...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: Choose Your Own Ivy League Winners | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

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