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...debut as writer-director, Toback has put churning, charismatic self-destructive characters on the screen. (He got an Oscar nomination for the life story of another scoundrel, Bugsy Siegel, in the 1991 Bugsy.) Toback has always been fascinated by the machismo of professional athletes; he wrote a tell-all memoir of his years spent with football-star-turned-actor Jim Brown. In Tyson he had a man who took Brown's use of violence to extravagant, uncontrollable depths. It's as if Tyson did everything wrong and interesting in his life to make himself the perfect Toback topic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tyson: A Charismatic Ex-Champ | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...pump out dry nature docs, but to re-invent the product once again and introduce it back into the theater. "We're not just bringing TV documentaries to the big screen," says Jean Francois Camilleri, the general manager of Disneynature. "We want to go with the movie screen and tell a story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disney's Version of Earth: Sunny Side Up | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

...case of Malacca gives at least a glimmer of hope that the piracy problem in Africa can also be tackled. The success in the strait clearly shows how committed and carefully orchestrated naval action can combat pirates. But analysts warn that the lessons of Malacca also tell us how much more difficult fighting the Somali pirates will be, because of the very different conditions on shore in Africa. The countries along the strait possess the resources and organized governments necessary to stand up to piracy. Those crucial elements are lacking in destitute and disorderly Somalia, where most of the pirates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Defeat Pirates: Success in the Strait | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: Even though I don’t look a day over 30, I’m actually...

Author: By Peter W. Tilton | Title: Scoped! 45 Mount Auburn Street | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...find you on a Saturday night: In or out of prom season? Your best pick up line: You a stewardess? Good Ma, I fly too. Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: Of course I love you. Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: No. Favorite childhood activity: Porch-swinging Sexiest physical trait: Isn’t scrawny the new black? Best part about Harvard: LEVERETT HOUSE MUFUCKAZZZZ Worst part about Harvard: Mather House, obvi. Describe yourself in 3 words: Post-feminist bro Holla. In 15 minutes you are: 5-on-1 monkey...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scoped! | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

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