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...first line of the old Mystery Science Theater 3000 theme song, you will have brought the proper attitude to the movie: it hardly needs wisecracking robots, for it not only carries the seeds of its own destruction but hands them out like a Burpee's salesman. An early scene, flashing back to 17th century France, plays like a lost Monty Python sketch. For its modern-day Paris scenes, the movie borrows some set pieces (including the blowing up of the Eiffel Tower) from Matt Stone and Trey Parker's Team America: World Police, an action comedy performed by puppets, from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: Straight to Self-Parody | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

Most youths in the street scene are just as desperate to leave, for to become commercially successful in Iran, an artist or performer must at least have the tacit approval of the theocratic regime. One of the country's best-known rappers, Hichkas (Soroush Lashgari), started out being harshly critical of the regime, but in the past year, he has become increasingly pro-government. In one song, he scolds partygoers who stay out late and get roughed up by the religious police. "He's a total sellout," says a 26-year-old student who now listens to exiled bands like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Graffiti, Hip-Hop, Sk8s: Tehran's Young Rebels Battle the Crackdown | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

...show "NYC Prep" that aired Tuesday night, Manhattan teenager Camille Hughes and two friends make their first-ever college visit, heading up to Cambridge to scope out the Harvard campus—considered "sacred ground" by the private school trio—paying special attention to its social scene. But the disillusionment starts early for these prospective freshmen when they meet their tour guide, Scarlet J. Marquette '93, in front of the Science Center...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang and Molly M. Strauss | Title: Prepsters Pay a Visit | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

FlyBy wishes all prospective applicants the best of luck—including these elite New York prepsters. See you over Prefrosh weekend, where you’ll have another chance to explore Harvard’s wild-and-crazy social scene...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang and Molly M. Strauss | Title: Prepsters Pay a Visit | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

Leave the coasts behind: America's hottest new dining destination lies smack in the heartland. Here are three of our favorite places in Chicago's chic and creative restaurant scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eating in the Windy City | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

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