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...Both the PS3 and Xbox 360 have talent beyond their ability to give gamers their fix. Where the PS3 has a remarkable aesthetic elegance, the Xbox 360 has a rugged connectedness. Photographers should lean towards the PS3, while music lovers will want to stick with the Xbox 360. For movie buffs, the confusion is greater: while the Blu-ray format is backed by more studios, the new Xbox Marketplace movie and TV store may well become a paragon of convenience. The one thing I do know for sure is that you better be ready to pay. While both are expensive...
...imported by Mark Burnett, a Brit. And every week on reality shows, Americans embrace foreigners with Emma Lazarene openness--Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell, East European and Latin hoofers on Dancing with the Stars, Mexican boxers on The Contender and a Siberian drag queen on America's Got Talent...
Reality TV may be so hospitable to immigrants because it's a fun house mirror of the immigrant experience. You leave your comfort zone and prove your worth with little more than gumption and (maybe) talent. Wherever you come from, you embrace a new, anything-goes culture that values chutzpah over tradition and propriety. Emigré Burnett's shows, like The Apprentice, are full of Horatio Algerisms about industry and opportunity--not unlike Ugly Betty...
...series was close, Australia nearly snatching victory in both the Tests they lost. Equally, however, a feeling pervaded large sections of the play that Australia were sliding?not out of form or luck, not struggling for confidence, but simply ill-equipped to withstand a youthful England brimming with talent, vim and ideas. As the favorites frayed, it was a time to ponder not just whether the reign was over but whether it would be a good thing for the game if it were...
...Then there's Australia's opulent batting talent. Of the top 10 all-time Australian run-scorers, seven have played post-1995, with the combined tally of the Waugh brothers, Ponting, Taylor, David Boon, Langer and Hayden nearing 60,000 runs. True, modern players' high representation on these lists is due partly to their tendency to play for longer than their predecessors did. Even so, no one questions the extraordinarily high caliber of recent Australian sides, which have recharged as well as dominated the Test scene. As he settled into international cricket in the early '90s, Warne discredited the prevailing...