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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Woody Allen, possesses that ineffable something that makes it possible for him to be both a believable romantic lead and a bleater. He bleats his way through several unsuccessful job interviews. When he finally lands a job from the odd but endearing couple that runs Adventureland (Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig), he has the temerity to bleat about his assignment. He'd prefer Adventureland's slightly more glamorous Rides division, which he believes himself more suited for than Games. They shoot him down, with kindly conviction: "Oh no, you're Games." (See the top 10 movie bromances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adventureland: Rides and Romance in an Uncertain Age | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...life outside the Ivies. Lisa P (Margarita Levieva) is the essence of a mid-'80s goddess, all lip gloss, tight high-waisted pants and fluffy hair. An older, married handyman named Connell (Ryan Reynolds) flirts with every female employee, including the smart, sullen one James likes, Em (Twilight's Kristen Stewart, whose grins are seldom but feel like sunshine in an Alaskan winter). Connell is James' polar opposite, a heel who relishes being a big fish in a small pond. When he first walks through the theme park, Mottola shifts into slow motion, the better to capture Connell's easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adventureland: Rides and Romance in an Uncertain Age | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...Safe Zone In most middle and high schools around the country, sex education is handled by an athletic coach doubling as a health teacher or by a science instructor who drew the short straw. Kristen Jordan is not one of those teachers. Walk past her classroom on the first day of sixth grade and you'll hear her leading the students in an enthusiastic chorus of "Penis! Penis! Penis! Vagina! Vagina! Vagina!" "Until they can use the real names for their body parts without giggling," she explains, "you can't talk to them about anything serious." The attractive 27-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Bring An End to the War Over Sex Ed | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

...health during their freshman year). Other school districts in Anderson County that initially balked at the comprehensive approach now want Impact to go into their schools and replicate the program. The only thing stopping them is money. "For $2 million," says United Way's Burdette, "we could put a Kristen in every school in our county for five years. But we don't have $2 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Bring An End to the War Over Sex Ed | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

Jewels Morris-Davis is the embodiment of why it's so important to get it right. Thanks to her work with Kristen Jordan over the past few years, Jewels is a girl transformed. Sitting in a school office in a hoodie, with a gray-and-white-striped scarf around her neck, she projects a fierce confidence. "I don't need anyone to tell me I'm beautiful," she says, eyes flashing. "I know I'm beautiful." Jewels runs the 400 m on the track team and is on the cheerleading squad. And she's broken out of her family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Bring An End to the War Over Sex Ed | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

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