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...Sunday-morning quarterbacks in the Hollywood press attributed F&F's gigantic gross to the producers' simple trick of reuniting the quartet of leading actors from the 2001 original: Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez. Well, O.K., but what individual star power do these folks have? What hits have they headlined? Anyone who can spontaneously name the last film that each of these four starred in deserves a share of F&F's profits. (Or spends too much time fishing through the video-store discount bin. The answers, in case you were wondering, are Babylon A.D., The Lazarus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weekend Box Office: Fast & Furious by a Mile | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

...were not they. To understand Harris and Klebold, you have to learn to tell them apart. Harris was the extrovert: "He smoked, he drank, he dated. He got invited to parties. He got high," Cullen writes. An Army brat, shuttled from school to school, he had picked up the trick of being charming, but he also had a temper that flared when he didn't get his way. Klebold was physically more imposing--at 6 ft. 3 in., he was 6 in. taller--but he was less sure of himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Meaning Of Murder | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...trick lets you figure out with high certainty whether that friend, relative, or nemesis got into Harvard, particularly if he/she has an uncommon last name. Oh yeah, it's way better than you think...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child | Title: We Cracked Harvard Admissions | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...many challenges face Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), the new seven-team U.S. league that debuts its five-month season on Sunday? Let's start with a hat trick. First off, the American sports landscape is as crowded as ever, so it's hard for any new entity, no matter what the sport, to carve out its place. Second, soccer in the U.S. has waged an epic losing struggle for market share as a spectator sport. The male pro counterpart, the 13-year old Major League Soccer, is growing steadily, but as a niche player. Third, women's pro leagues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Women's Pro Soccer Really Coming Back Now? | 3/29/2009 | See Source »

Borrowing a trick from MLS, the teams will also play in cozier venues. "For fans it's a more intimate, authentic soccer experience when you're closer to the field, instead of in cavernous environment," says Antonucci. "Plus, it doesn't cost as much to operate and staff a smaller facility." For example, in the WUSA the Washington Freedom played in RFK Stadium, the former home of the Washington Redskins and their 50,000 crazed fans. Now, the Freedom will play at a 5,200-seat soccer complex in Maryland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Women's Pro Soccer Really Coming Back Now? | 3/29/2009 | See Source »

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