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CHARLIE SHEEN and EMILIO ESTEVEZ's portrayal of garbagemen in the 1990 film Men at Work didn't exactly resonate with audiences. Their latest joint venture, however, should spark more wicked curiosity. The siblings play brothers and porn pioneers Artie and Jim Mitchell for the Showtime film Rated X. Directed by Estevez, the film chronicles the careers of the pair credited with mainstreaming porn with the 1972 film Behind the Green Door. Asked how his brother felt playing a drug- and alcohol-abusing pornography hound, Estevez says, "Charlie had to go down some dark roads. I realized it could...
...Greenspan, who looks like he enjoys answering politicians? oafishly loaded questions about as much as he likes tipping his hand on interest rates, did throw his party fellows a few tidbits: Even a big tax cut, properly phased in, wouldn?t spark inflation. And it certainly would be preferable to frittering it away on new spending programs. But give Big Al his druthers, and he?d rather pay down the debt. It isn?t surprising that the Fed Chairman, whose speeches are the economic equivalent of Rorshach tests, left both sides with enough soundbites to claim his support...
...knows that in the delicate triangular relationship linking China, Taiwan and the U.S., the subtlest of words and actions can spark a conflagration. When he persuaded Washington to let him visit his alma mater, Cornell, four years ago, the first-of-a-kind trip by a Taiwanese leader since the U.S. dropped diplomatic recognition of Taiwan in 1979, the incident seemed trivial. But China literally went ballistic. In the midst of Lee's campaign for re-election, the People's Republic, which regards Taiwan as a "renegade province," staged ominous military exercises in the narrow waterway separating the island from...
...that it will hasten the Messianic era ? were egged on by a handful of American evangelical Christians, some of whom believe the rebuilding of the temple will hasten the Second Coming. But the Israeli authorities are well aware that any tampering with Islamic holy sites in the city could spark the final jihad against Israel ? hence the arrests. "The upside of Jerusalem is that every square foot of the city is holy, for more than one religious tradition," says TIME religion correspondent David Van Biema. "Unfortunately, that?s also its downside...
Reforming the old posse seems to have lit a spark under its leader as well. Onstage recently, before three generations of Bruce fans at the Wuhlheide, a luminous outdoor amphitheater in the middle of a forest in eastern Berlin, Springsteen performed two shows that put a lie to the notion that 49-going-on-50 is too old to rock 'n' roll. The setting was soaked with history. Back in 1988, barely 18 months before the Wall came down, Springsteen and the band played one of the largest and most dramatic rock concerts ever. When Springsteen introduced Bob Dylan...