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...discovers an organ-trading ring operating in London, lifted what might otherwise have been a routine thriller into high drama. This year he'll be tough to avoid. In Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda, he plays a flirtatious pianist; in Red Dust, he stars alongside Oscar-winner Hilary Swank as a South African political activist called before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; in sci-fi feature Serenity, he's a hired killer. Looks like Ejiofor will have film audiences in the palm of his girlie hand. - By Jumana Farouky/London

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Euro Express | 2/13/2005 | See Source »

Ever since Wallace Beery won the Best Actor Oscar in 1932 for playing a boozy palooka in The Champ, a throng of fight flicks have gained top acting nominations for two-fisted performances. HILARY SWANK, in Million Dollar Baby, vies this year for her second Best Actress award. She may be an odds-on favorite, but history tells us that most boxing roles aren't knockouts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They could Have Been (Oscar) Contenders | 1/30/2005 | See Source »

...realignment by U.S. and European companies that is turning India from a distant satellite of Silicon Valley into one of the inner hubs of global technology. Since 2003, Yahoo's software-development center has been nestling up to the pizza joints and blue-jean shops on Bangalore's swank Mahatma Gandhi Road. Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin visited their company's R.-and- D. center in Bangalore last October and said they plan to create a mirror image of Google's U.S. research team in India. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer visited India a month later, unveiling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Idea Labs | 1/24/2005 | See Source »

...realignment by U.S. and European companies that is turning India from a distant satellite of Silicon Valley into one of the inner hubs of global technology. Since 2003, Yahoo's software-development center has been nestling up to the pizza joints and blue-jean shops on Bangalore's swank Mahatma Gandhi Road. Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin visited their company's R&D center in Bangalore last October and said they plan to create a mirror image of Google's U.S. research team in India. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer visited India a month later, unveiling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Ideas Labs | 1/23/2005 | See Source »

...Scarlet's luxe in-room amenities include a gourmet minibar and a whirlpool bath. But if that's not enough, check into one of the five suites, named Splendour, Passion, Opulent, Lavish and Swank. Understated they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Check In | 1/23/2005 | See Source »

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