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...days, rumors have circulated that Michael Jackson was startin' somethin'. And Thursday afternoon, before a couple of thousand screaming fans at London's 02 arena, the King of Pop revealed what has been referred to as "the worst kept secret in the world" - namely, a 10-concert residency beginning July 8 - his first slate of shows in 12 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michael Jackson's 'Final Curtain Call' | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...Blake (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a.k.a. the Comedian? The main sleuth is Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), whose shifting-inkblot mask ill conceals a violent temper and a questing spirit. Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup) is not much help, preoccupied as he is with helping another superhero, Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), in a secret experiment that may save the world or put a big hole in it. Dr. M. has also paid scant heed to his girlfriend Laurie (Malin Akerman), a.k.a. Silk Spectre II, who's ready to fall into the arms of nerdy Dan Dreiberg (Patrick Wilson), a.k.a. Nite Owl II--some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watchmen: Hero Worship | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...detective story, with Eddie (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) as the victim and Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), he of the shifting-inkblot mask, as the questing sleuth. Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup) is not much help in the search, preoccupied as he is with helping another superhero, Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), in a secret experiment that may save the world or put a big hole in it. Dr. M. has also paid scant heed to his girlfriend Laurie (Malin Akerman), a.k.a. Silk Spectre II, who's ready to fall into the open arms of nerdy Dan Dreiberg (Patrick Wilson), a.k.a. Nite Owl II - some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watchmen Review: (A Few) Moments of Greatness | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...listens to chatter abroad. What it does have a problem with is making sense of the sea of chatter it sucks out of the air and the world's fiber-optic cables. The risk of misinterpretation or missing a vital piece of information is enormous. (See the top 10 Secret Service code names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Intelligence Lapses: The Risks of Relying on 'Chatter' | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...world's ungoverned spaces are growing, and there are more and more nonstate actors, all of which makes the old-fashioned on-the-ground intelligence methods less and less relevant. The days of the CIA devoting 60% of its time trying to recruit a mole to steal the secret minutes from the Soviet Politburo are long gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Intelligence Lapses: The Risks of Relying on 'Chatter' | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

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