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...suddenly megafashionable format, and though theater chains are scrambling to convert more screens, they and the studios still feel the shortage. This weekend there will be an unprecedented 3-D-theater traffic jam as Clash of the Titans joins last week's box-office champ How to Train Your Dragon and the Disney blockbuster Alice in Wonderland. That could make this the first weekend in movie history when the top three pictures at the domestic box office are shown in 3-D - except there aren't enough venues with suitable screens for the three movies. (See the best movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 3-D Pileup: Too Many Movies, Not Enough Screens | 4/2/2010 | See Source »

...When demand exceeds supply, it's great for word of mouth but lousy for business. So to secure 3-D screens for their product, some studio bosses have been playing old-fashioned hardball. The week before How to Train Your Dragon opened, the Los Angeles Times reported that "Paramount Pictures is telling theaters that if they don't show the upcoming DreamWorks-produced Dragon on a 3-D screen, then it will withhold from the theater a 2-D version of the movie to play instead ... Many multiplexes only have a single 3-D screen, so not having a conventional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 3-D Pileup: Too Many Movies, Not Enough Screens | 4/2/2010 | See Source »

...can’t entirely remember, but I do know there were John Travoltas involved. I also know that, when I traipsed home minutes later, my hips were sore and my jeans were split. It must have been furious. And when I sashayed back to my side of the train, I might have burst with pride; my sequined-shoed mentor turned to give me a high five and an emphatic “Yeah...

Author: By Alexander J.B. Wells, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: What It Takes To Be a Donkey | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

...It’s really difficult to train for the Olympics and have a full-time job, but the Olympics would be amazing if I could ever get there,” Daniel said. “There are a few more people I’d have to beat before I’d have a spot on the team...

Author: By E. Benjamin Samuels, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Oshimas Introduce Judo to Harvard | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

Sarubbi took a leave of absence after freshman fall to train and compete. She skis with the help of a guide, who navigates in front of her and communicates directions through a headset...

Author: By Clemmie S. Faust, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Slaloming to Paralympic Glory | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

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