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...power. In order to get to his boss, you had to pass the spider and he would tangle you up in his web. Everything had to go across his desk." -Nicholas Stuart, a Rudd biographer, on his role as a state government official. (The Guardian, November...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd | 3/24/2009 | See Source »

...James Franco was presented with the Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ Man of the Year Award last Friday night, the “Spider Man” and “Pineapple Express” star not only had to prove worthy of the honor—he had to prove that he was a man. Franco, who maintained a sheepish demeanor throughout the roast, first had his manhood called into question when Hasty Pudding Theatricals producer Pierce E. Tria ’10 brought up Franco’s admission to The New York Times that—despite...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Franco Crowned Hasty Pudding Man of the Year | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

...dolls I played with were all superhero dolls. I did not actually have a dollhouse. I was pretty much playing with Spider-Man and the Falcon. And I wasn't putting Spider-Man on top of Falcon. No matter what you've heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Joss Whedon, creator of Dollhouse | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...Optional “heyooo!” 4. Every time passionate stares are exchanged between the terrorist captain—played by Gary Oldman—and his right-hand man, Andrei—played by Peter Parker’s grouchy landlord in the “Spider-Man” movies. 5. Every time you find yourself thinking, “Barack would never do this.” 6. Every time you find yourself thinking, “McCain might have done this in his younger days.” 7. Every time...

Author: By William P. Hennrikus, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ScreenShots: Air Force One | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Both the book and movie warn kids to distrust the kindness of strangers, and find refuge in the prison of the status quo. It's important, Coraline says, for children to learn that real life, though it may be preferable to being devoured by a Spider-Mom, ain't so hot. That lesson is a cautionary preview of their adult years. Don't expect perfection. Life is something not to be looked at through rose-colored glasses. Or 3D glasses either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Chilly World of Coraline | 2/6/2009 | See Source »

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