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...year compared with last. Blockbuster has responded by investing in video-game rentals and launching its own online subscription service. It's "surprising that Blockbuster would choose to spend so much reinforcing its presence in the brick-and-mortar portion of this business," says Marla Backer, a Research Associates--Soleil analyst. If the Blockbuster deal is struck, the combined company will control roughly 50% of the traditional rental market--which means antitrust regulators will probably get involved. Movie Gallery notes that this is not a problem its bid is likely to face.--By Unmesh Kher

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biz Briefs: A Bid for a Bigger Blockbuster | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...African island nation to devote her life to tossing ribbons, hoops, clubs and rubber balls. It's hard for many Olympic fans to get overly excited about rhythmic gymnastics, a so-called sport that involves sequin-attired women contorting their bodies as if in a Cirque du Soleil performance. But Monteiro took her Olympic responsibility seriously, often training in a dilapidated gym with ceilings too low to accommodate a proper hoop or ball toss. In last week's preliminaries, she finished last, but Monteiro didn't seem overly distressed. "It was a very nice experience," she said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beaten, But Not Defeated | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

...Studio 54, their swank ultralounge. And now, at an after-hours nightclub, the bass pumping, my eyes jolted open every few seconds by the shock of manufactured cleavage, they are offering me a beer. Not even a light beer. All I wanted was to see a nice Cirque du Soleil show, work my expense account at Le Cirque with my only famous friend, Robert Goulet, and crash at the new hotel at Mandalay Bay, where my standard room has two bathrooms and three flat-screen TVs. But New Vegas won't let me be. It needs to show me what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Strip Is Back! | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

...Blues' new lounge has a Friday party for swingers. The hotel has a pool called the Moorea Beach Club where European-style bathing is encouraged. Some dealers at the Rio wear thong bikinis at night, and the Hard Rock has blackjack in the pool. The newest Cirque du Soleil show at New York-New York Hotel & Casino, called Zumanity, is a virtually naked gymnastics event in which men make out and the rest of the cast simulates acrobatic sex. "I had the vision of some couple seeing one of the acts and suing us after trying to replicate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Strip Is Back! | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

...night pool-cabana scene, their Studio 54, their swank ultralounge. And now, at an after-hours nightclub, the bass pumping, my eyes jolted open every few seconds by the shock of manufactured cleavage, they are offering me a beer. All I wanted was to see a nice Cirque du Soleil show, work my expense account at Le Cirque with my only famous friend, Robert Goulet, and crash at the new hotel at Mandalay Bay, where my standard room has two bathrooms and three flat-screen TVs. But New Vegas won't let me be. It needs to show me what...

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

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