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...just hours ahead of the final, Moscow's riot police squashed a gay-pride rally, hauling away about 40 demonstrators. Critics said that clamping down on gay activists at Eurovision seemed decidedly out of tune with the show's mission to promote peace and harmony among the competing countries. As Rybak said himself, "Why did [the police] spend all their energy stopping gays in Moscow when the biggest gay parade was here tonight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the West Won: Norway Takes the Crown at Eurovision | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...Rybak mixed stellar vocals with Scandinavian kitsch. He sang about his obsession with a lost love while a folk troop performed a centuries-old Norwegian mountain dance consisting of backflips and exaggerated push-ups. "In Russia, they like nostalgia and melancholy," he said, explaining why he thinks his wistful tune appealed to millions of voters in Russia and former Soviet states. That his folksy ditty channeled the sounds of Vladivostok more than Oslo probably didn't hurt. (See Eurovision's most controversial moments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the West Won: Norway Takes the Crown at Eurovision | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...plucked from obscurity to sing in prime time is normal, he understands that he's on a television show, where acting normally would be completely abnormal. In his hands, a song and a performance are separate messaging opportunities, so "Born to Be Wild" becomes a rock anthem and show tune, "Ring of Fire" a love song verging on the orgiastic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Un-Idol | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...ability to reckon with this new disease. "There is every chance that it will spread," he says. "But these things have long incubation periods, and we, like never before, have the luxury of time and high-speed technology to track strains of viruses again and again and to fine-tune our actions in response." Seto believes a usable vaccine can be made and distributed by September or October...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Schools Close As Spike in Swine Flu Cases Hits Japan | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...Tune in to watch a New York Knicks basketball game and you may see Spike Lee trash-talking opposing stars from his courtside seats. Next to filmmaking, basketball is one of the director's greatest loves, and with his focus increasingly shifting toward nonfiction features (When the Levees Broke, Passing Strange), it was only a matter of time before Lee got around to shooting some hoops. (See pictures of Star Trek's best villains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spike Lee on Kobe Bryant | 5/14/2009 | See Source »

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