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Among the human-being, or also-ran, movies, the Sandra Bullock romantic comedy The Proposal took second place with an honorable $18.5 million (a 45% drop from its $33.6 million win last weekend). The Hangover hung on with an additional $17.2 million, pumping its cume up to $183.2 million. Pixar's Up started its balloon descent with a $13 million take. And the new sick-child weepie, My Sister's Keeper, cadged a soft $12 million for fifth place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Weekend: Transformers Rule | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

...death wish. You know that's been the problem with our Jewish friends for centuries," and the suggestion by that Republicans should find attractive female candidates ("Understand, I don't do it because I'm for women, but I'm doing it because I think maybe a woman might win someplace where a man might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Preposterous Week! Paul Slansky's News Index | 6/26/2009 | See Source »

...much of the solemn epics produced in the '30s and '40s. And second, the five chosen films of 2008 were all examples of a different kind of genre: the nobility-in-distress art-house drama. Ever since the mid-'90s, when Miramax Films' Harvey Weinstein figured out how to win Oscars by assiduously promoting movies of elevated angst, the ceremony has been limited mostly to validating this very narrow film taste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Oscars Need 10 Nominees | 6/25/2009 | See Source »

...encourage responding to fear with self-defense. To the contrary, the central message of Jesus is that fear should compel us to trust God's mercy in the midst of the fearful situation. In a face-off between the teachings of Jesus and the Constitution, Jesus better win in church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Louisville's Bring Your Firearms to Church Day | 6/25/2009 | See Source »

...Will East Asia win the green race? The Europeans, who are leading the way on carbon-trading, are very much in the game, particularly in recycling and solar and wind power. Japan, China and South Korea also have some delicate issues to settle. One of the most contentious is likely to be intellectual-property protection, which is not particularly strong in China. And the U.S. may still be a contender. Sputnik sparked an extraordinary American effort that culminated in Neil Armstrong's 1969 moon walk, which sealed the U.S.'s supremacy in space. Last month, Washington launched a $25 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia Challenges the U.S. for Green-Tech Supremacy | 6/25/2009 | See Source »

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