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...Norah's Infinite Playlist. We would have done it in Superbad if vomit hadn't been an issue. And now, in Miguel Arteta's uneven but occasionally quite funny Youth in Revolt (an adaptation of C.D. Payne's successful mid-'90s book Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp), we watch as Cera, by way of a devilish alter ego he calls François Dillinger, engages in criminal acts in hopes that they'll lead to carnal acts with a girl who likes bad boys. (See the top 10 movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Youth in Revolt: Michael Cera and His Evil Twin | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

...Cera is Nick Twisp, the hyper-intelligent son of a divorced Oakland, Calif., couple, foolish Estelle (Jean Smart) and aggrieved George (Steve Buscemi), who would rather not pay child support. Nick, a self-proclaimed voracious reader of "classic prose," watches in disgust as his mother makes out with her scam-artist boyfriend Jerry (Zach Galifianakis, cinematic slob du jour). Across town, Dad is groping his young girlfriend, Lacey (Ari Graynor, Cera's hilarious co-star from Nick & Norah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Youth in Revolt: Michael Cera and His Evil Twin | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

...last night were: Robert B. Wolinsky'98 as treasurer; Sarah L. Lee '99 as secretary; Edward T. Freeman '00 as political director; Eugenie "Jeannie" A. Lang '00 as on-campus director; Erin L. Brinkman '00 as campaigns director; and Daniel M. Loss '00, Alysson R. Ford '00, Berger and Twisp as directors-at-large...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Democrats Elect Olney President | 12/5/1996 | See Source »

...years ago, Dr. William Henry was ready to succumb to his annual urge and quit his general practice in rural Twisp, Wash. (pop. 750). As the only full-time physician in a 500-sq.-mi. area, Henry was so overworked that he seldom read a medical journal and never had a vacation. But last year the doctor got expert help from Carl Chillquist, a former Army medic. As Henry's paraprofessional aide, Chillquist enabled the doctor to see many more patients, skim those journals, and even get away for skiing and fishing. In recent years, Twisp itself has never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Helping Out the Doctor | 3/29/1971 | See Source »

...trigger fingers and the palms of western cougar hunters itched at the news. For the biggest cougar kill of the season (eight cats-in nine days), Jesse Stockdale and his son Url, of Twisp, Wash, this week got a $400 bounty check-$50 a carcass-from the State Game Department...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Cougar! | 2/21/1944 | See Source »

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