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...about taking Hollywood's favorite pasttime - congratulating itself - and turning it on its head," says John Wilson, summarizing the mission behind his Golden Raspberry Awards, better known today as the Razzies. "It's our reminder that yes, you made movies like Doubt, Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire, but you also made things like Love Guru and Meet Dave and Indiana Jones 4." (See TIME's top 10 films...
...terrierism? Well, it's not that sudden; pooches have been a staple of family entertainment since Rin Tin Tin was a pup. We love dog movies for the same reason we love dogs. "A dog has no use for fancy cars or big homes or designer clothes," says Owen Wilson's character in Marley & Me. "A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart, and he'll give you his." There it is: both dogs and dog movies afford us a chance to be incredibly sappy without feeling...
...history. They were once mutual admirers in Woodrow Wilson's war cabinet, and in 1920 Roosevelt backed Hoover for the presidency--as a Democrat. Hoover's status as the Great Humanitarian, a title bestowed for his heroic Belgian food relief during World War I, had long since been tarnished by his refusal as President to countenance direct government assistance to victims of his own country's Depression. After the Inauguration, Hoover and Roosevelt would never meet again. Their shared ride down Pennsylvania Avenue traversed an endless mile in awkward silence. At the Capitol, 100,000 onlookers had assembled under pewter...
...evangelicals on these broader economic and social issues, secular liberals can create a much larger coalition behind a progressive agenda, and evangelicals can feel like they are not compromising the Biblical roots of their faith. In doing so, they should follow the example set by Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Research Professor Emeritus, who has argued forcefully for the inclusion of environmental issues in any evangelical policy agenda. Given the importance of Barack Obama’s inauguration to the entire country, his selection of Warren is an encouraging sign. While Warren’s stances on social issues might...
...prosecuting the largest swindle in history, he has accepted a role that brings with it enormous public scrutiny, which could be uncomfortable for a guy that is said to be low key. "He is the opposite of a press hound," says Glenn Colton, a partner at law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, who has worked with Litt...