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...only two years ago that Dame Helen Mirren was building up serious momentum in what was ultimately a successful Best Actress Oscar run for The Queen. Mirren is attracting similar raves this year as Leo Tolstoy's wife Countess Sofya in The Last Station. Aristocratic, yes, but the temperamental Countess Sofya is no Windsor. Heading into Golden Globes weekend with a Best Actress nomination, Mirren talked to TIME about gracious award speeches, fiery plate throwing and the half a night she spent in a brothel...
...offerings, the dystopian vampire drama Daybreakers and the Michael Cera comedy Youth in Revolt lost way more than half their original grosses to pratfall out of the top 10. The drop for Amy Adams' rom-com Leap Year was not so steep; it stayed on the heels of the similar, more star-laden It's Complicated. The two big Christmas hits, Alvin and Sherlock, remained in the top five, while The Blind Side, the Sandra Bullock sports weepie that has been in the top 10 for nine consecutive weeks, is still the season's sleeper smash, earning more than...
...announcement that the BRA had approved the relocation of the Charlesview Apartments elicited similar reactions from Allston residents. After a long struggle to have their voices heard, the ending has been disappointing for many...
...longest-term bonds issued this week were priced to yield 4.02 percent over 24 years, or 0.3 percent lower than the benchmark for securities of similar quality. The below-market yield means that Harvard will pay investors less interest than average on its tax-exempt debt, but the exact savings to the University were not available this week...
...eventually peaking at $147 a barrel in July, before oil prices slumped to a low of just over $30 in December 2008. But Jetstar Pacific wasn't alone in its fuel-hedging bets; other regional airlines such as Cathay Pacific and Singapore airlines also reported losses from similar transactions. Airlines use fuel futures to ensure a predictable fuel price, but they can lose big if the price of oil plummets as it did at the end of 2008. The CEO of Qantas, Alan Joyce, told reporters last week that Freeman and Marsilli did nothing wrong. The fuel hedging, Joyce said...