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Lying, Capitalism and Whip It were bested not only by the zombies but also by a CGI barrage of flying food and kids' playthings. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs continued its robust run, passing the $80 million mark on its third weekend. It came in second, immediately followed by Disney's 3-D release of those seminal Pixar buddy films, the 1995 Toy Story and the 1999 Toy Story 2. Playing at jacked-up prices on 1,745 screens, the Toy tandem earned $12.5 million to add to the $847 million (about $1.1 billion today) the two movies amassed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Weekend: Zombie-ootiful! | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...indeed Brazil's time - but not just because it was about time that the Olympics go the South American Way. In fact, there's a reason that it's been four decades since a Latin American country, or any Third World country, has hosted the games. That was the Mexico City Olympiad of 1968, when Mexico convinced the IOC that it was a modern republic ready to stand alongside Britain and Japan and Australia - only to have its army massacre hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators 10 days before the opening ceremonies. The bar was set much higher for Latin America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Dreams Realized, Brazil Takes the Spotlight | 10/3/2009 | See Source »

Although winless, the Mountain Hawks have made positive adjustments to their run defense in the first three weeks of the season. In its first two games, Lehigh gave up an average of 269 rush yards. In their third game, against Princeton, the Mountain Hawks controlled the Tigers’ offense, allowing only 163 total yards and just 47 through...

Author: By Erika T. Butler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Hopes To Avoid Letdown at Lehigh | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

They determined that the third lumbar vertebra that women have (but men do not) allows them to bend from the lower back in order to stay balanced with a swelling belly and higher center of gravity...

Author: By Kerry K. Clark, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ig Nobels Mock Risk and Banking | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

...Olympic selection is a high-stakes game, with no medal for second or third place. Bid cities have each invested more than $40 million to get to Copenhagen; the winner stands to pour in billions more for a chance at lucrative TV and sponsor revenues, as well as prestige on the world stage. The losers don't get any return on their investment other than a host of lessons to draw on for a subsequent second attempt. Who's going to stand alone? The IOC's announcement begins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Is the Olympic Host City Chosen? | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

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