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...Both men like to play arrogant, vulgar, out-of-shape buffoons - angry antiheroes with oversized egos and anger management problems. In the cult comedy The Foot Fist Way, McBride growled as a hapless martial arts instructor who never missed an opportunity to tell his students he was better than them. In Pineapple Express, he was the shotgun-toting stoner who found the strength to embrace his new-found "thug life." And with the new HBO comedy series Eastbound & Down, set to premiere Sunday, Feb. 15, McBride has teamed up with executive producer Ferrell to tell the story of a washed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Danny McBride | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...ones. The chaplains can also refer patients to other care providers, such as social workers, psychologists and guided-imagery specialists. The point of all this isn't so much what the modality is; it's that the patient has a chance to find one that works. "People say you tell the truth to your doctor, your priest and your funeral director," says Smith, "because these people matter at the end." It's that truth - or at least a path to it - that chaplains seek to provide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Biology of Belief | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...CITY sequel. Please tell us somebody gets Madoffed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

Luckily, all four of us had a few things in common. We hated The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and had no idea that The Reader wasn't a children's magazine. We also thought Jackman shouldn't tell any jokes and should instead open with a big musical number that references the recession. But every good concept we had we immediately killed because it reminded us of Billy Crystal. You would think that would be a good thing, since Crystal was the most beloved Oscar host ever and got the job eight times. But comedy writers are far more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Wrote the Oscars! | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...bringing in new buyers. Extending tax credits to people selling one home to buy another and letting homeowners use cheap mortgages to refinance won't get rid of excess housing inventory. These policies are meant to do something else: stimulate the economy by delivering money to homeowners. "We could tell everyone you can get a credit card at a rate of 6%, and that would put money in people's pockets too," says Dean Baker, a co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Call this a housing-mediated stimulus--but don't call it a housing-market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Fix the Housing Market | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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