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...Ellington), the kind of wisecracking, sleazy oaf that always hangs around the hero in romantic comedies. Of all the tired, unrealistic means the movies use to get characters together, this ploy is the worst. I would rather be forced to swallow the notion of Tyler and Ally meeting through sheer coincidence than watch this unfold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remember Me: Young Love, Hold the Vampires | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...sheer numbers of carpets - West Hollywood even features a yogurt store with a full-time red carpet decoration near the toppings section - is just one of the problems facing the once regal red. A bigger issue is that the celebrity rules have changed, and these rules are being played out on the red carpet frontier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Red Carpet: Minefield for Celebrities | 3/7/2010 | See Source »

...right along. "I coined the expression 'walk and wave,' " says celebrity publicist Stan Rosenfield, who handles the likes of George Clooney and Geoffrey Rush on their rare carpet forays. "Slow down for the still photographers and the television cameras. And you shout back an answer. These days it's sheer quantitative numbers. Certain red carpets just go on forever." (See everything you need to know about the 10 Best Picture nominees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Red Carpet: Minefield for Celebrities | 3/7/2010 | See Source »

...Atlantic bluefin tuna is considered a delicacy from Osaka to Omaha; at Tokyo's venerable Tsukiji fish market, a single giant blue tuna can fetch up to $100,000 in auction. But the sheer popularity of the fish among consumers of sushi and sashimi has caused populations of the bluefin tuna to plummet, with its total numbers down more than 80% since 1970. We are literally eating the bluefin tuna to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Move to Save the Bluefin Tuna | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...prestigious skating clubs in Seoul. "Hundreds of students who apply for figure skating are on the waiting list because we already reached the maximum number. We plan to renovate the ice rink to accommodate more students." The rink is also planning to institute one-day workshops to address the sheer volume of interest in figure skating. (See pictures of Olympic fans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With Kim's Gold, Asian Skaters Come Into Their Own | 2/26/2010 | See Source »

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