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You can make a comedy on almost any subject - as Preston Sturges (and even Mel Brooks) have proved. But there's no spark in this one. And no sparkle in Garner's playing. She's an attractive young woman, but her energy is low and her mood is endlessly wistful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: January: A Movie Wasteland | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

When the stockings are hung, the kids are in bed and two grownups sit before the fireplace, nursing glasses of eggnog and pondering the emotional vectors of the past year, this is the album to put on. McLachlan works in a whisper, like Peggy Lee, but with an audible poignancy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 12 CDs of Christmas | 12/22/2006 | See Source »

Then the Donald stepped in. To this girl gone wild, he offered that great American gratuity - a second chance. He was in a position to do so, because he owns the Miss USA franchise. An odd thing to own, I would have thought, especially if you're a married man...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You, the Donald and Al Gore | 12/22/2006 | See Source »

It's not just the other Office anymore. The remake of the great British sitcom has found its own voice, satirizing the culture of coffee, cubicles and Chili's with heart and laser precision. The deep bench of its cast provides a pointillistic taxonomy of American office life (who doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Best TV Shows | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

Take a moment, at the risk of being wistful, and imagine the UC as it should be.

Author: By Elizabeth M. Grosso, Leroy Terrelonge, and Michael L. Vinson | Title: Hadfield and Goldenberg: Imagine a New UC | 12/1/2006 | See Source »

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