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...Palms a hipster draw by housing the 2002 edition of MTV's Real World in the hotel, a move the rest of Vegas thought was suicide (having cameras inside a hotel was believed to be like asking the gaming commission to shut you down). But the Real World scheme worked. It made the hotel and its steak house, nightclubs and tattoo parlor the hottest spots for the barely legal. It is Britney Spears' home away from home whenever she's in town to get married. "I have friends of friends who are 17 years old, and they can't wait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lovin' Las Vegas | 7/25/2004 | See Source »

...public opinion, which holds that the Arabs should not increasingly make themselves at home here." He abstained from the council vote and admits the town may be fighting a losing battle - the project violates no zoning regulations. He agrees with the protesters, though, that the timing of the scheme is "totally unsuitable." Teplice's building authority, a state body independent of the town council, is expected to decide this week. Tucked between two magnificent mountain ranges, Teplice's hot springs have attracted Goethe and Beethoven, among others. But in Freedom Square, talk has turned from the springs' curative powers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hot Springs Are Getting Hotter | 7/25/2004 | See Source »

...simultaneously declare his affection for Zahir) by releasing a computer virus bearing her image. Like a pyromaniac who starts fires so he can be the hero who reports them, Mehta plans to inform his company how to stop the virus before things get out of hand. But his scheme goes seriously awry, to the discomfort of practically everyone on earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poking Holes in the Net | 7/18/2004 | See Source »

...surrounding the stage—began to empty out, leaving only various foreign draft picks and hardcore VIPs, the people from the Section 300’s of MSG filed in as if the third-class passengers had overtaken the deck of the Titanic. And in a beautifully coordinated scheme, the ESPN crew—Mike Tirico, Jay Bilas, Smith and Tolbert—was attacked on three fronts...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ’Blo It Right By ’Em: NBA Draft Diary, Part 2 | 7/16/2004 | See Source »

...first time the potential of a mass medium--in this case, movies--to affect American politics in new ways. If that's the case, expect the next generation of campaign strategists to precede every major election not only with the traditional TV ad buys but also with a scheme for the rollout of some thermonuclear book, movie, CD or even video game, all designed to tilt the political balance just in time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World According To Michael | 7/12/2004 | See Source »

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