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...word. "It's an amazing platform," says Ray. A star who works the Toronto party circuit, as Jamie Foxx did tirelessly in 2004 for Ray and as Penélope Cruz did last year for Volver, gets favorable media coverage simply by being available and photogenic. Even a screw-up, like the broken projector at last year's midnight Borat screening, can be a buzz-builder if the celeb plays it right. Sacha Baron Cohen, who had arrived at the screening in character on a woman-peasant-drawn carriage, recovered nicely when the film stopped just 10 minutes in; Cohen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big-Screen Romance | 8/29/2007 | See Source »

...years ago. A mistake as a youngster can remain on one's criminal record forever, and police give much less leeway when dealing with "rowdy" behavior. I fear for my son's future more than for my daughter's: Can he make it to adulthood without a screw-up that could ruin him for life? To their credit, boys today have adjusted to the rules of the baby boomers who have outlawed the antics of their youth. Let boys have a wild streak, fight on the playground (and not get expelled) and get their butts spanked when they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/10/2007 | See Source »

...sheer size of their incomes draws unwanted attention, instead of a sheepish grin and an "O.K., you caught us," they decide to use the power of their money to keep the racket going. At that point, I think, Who cares how many cultural centers these guys may have financed? Screw them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Private-Equity Pigs | 7/19/2007 | See Source »

...must act in unison. In the modern swing, the shoulders turn around a stable base like a coiled spring, building tension and potential energy, which unleashes a powerful, unerring ball flight. For years, golfers had turned their upper and lower bodies together, twisting back and then unwinding like a screw. It was a messy affair, which generated minimal power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf is Hell | 7/11/2007 | See Source »

...giant dolls that is as grand as it is eerie. Rambunctious comedy? Mike Reiss and Xeth Feinberg's Queer Duck is at least as rude as Knocked Up and yards funnier, whether its titular same-sex mallard is waddling up to the bar to order "a slow comfortable screw up against the wall of a bus station in Passaic, New Jersey," or enduring a spot of gay-bashing in an episode (from the 3min. filmettes on which the feature is based) called "Ku Klux Klan and Ollie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rats! Poo! Duck! | 6/30/2007 | See Source »

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