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...drink. Waking up late one morning after a night in the bars of Singapore's Emerald Hill neighborhood, Troy Toon groggily admits he's still partying "though I try to have fewer drinks." A 29-year-old web designer, Toon says the downturn hasn?t driven away his customers, even if they are more frequently asking for discounts. "Some of them have been asking rates to go down by about a fifth," he says. So far Toon has been compensating for this lost revenue by being abstemious with taxis and other incidental expenses. "We're not facing too much trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding Out the Economic Storm in Singapore | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...last February's Super Bowl, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu were the brightest stars on a glittering stage. Fitzgerald capped a stellar season by shredding the Pittsburgh defense for two touchdowns, while Polamalu keyed the Steelers' 27-23 victory with a series of bone-crushing tackles. Now the two are once again sharing the spotlight. On April 24, EA Sports announced the long-haired pair would share the cover of Madden NFL 2010, the newest iteration of one of the world's most successful video-game franchises. It's an honor that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Madden Curse | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...Again - the film is a body-swap comedy about a sour guy in his 30s (Matthew Perry) who gets to inhabit his cool teenage self (Efron) - could be the title of the young star's career. As basketball stud and dance master Troy Bolton, he headlined three editions of Disney's High School Musical: two wildly popular TV specials and a movie version that earned $251 million at the world box office. He also co-starred in the hit film Hairspray, a savvier, '60s high school musical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zac Efron: The Tweens' Dream | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...suffering rather than a macro-overview of a historical event.“Trojan Barbie”—which had its world premiere at the American Repertory Theatre on Saturday, March 28—follows Lotte, a British doll repair-woman, who goes on vacation in modern Troy. There, she stumbles into calamity, finding herself in an all-female concentration camp where rape is rampant and death, inevitable. At the camp, she meets several broken Trojan women, including Hecuba, who finds her family growing smaller by the hour, and Andromache, who clings desperately to her only immediate family?...

Author: By Lillian Yu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Barbie’ Revives, Revises Tragedy | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

...Someday we’re not gonna be here,” says protagonist Troy Gable in “The Great Buck Howard,” “and if that’s the case, I wanna spend the time I have here doing something that makes my heart race.” Coming from most characters, this statement might sound heartfelt, if somewhat trite. In the context of this film, however, Troy simply sounds insane. Troy (Colin Hanks) is a young law student who drops out of school against his father’s wishes, having...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Great Buck Howard | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

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