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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Yet without the speed and dexterity of the digital palate, everything that was light and offhand in Shrek onscreen becomes heavy and in-your-face in Shrek onstage. Brian d'Arcy James, a competent Broadway-musical vet, looks the part in his lime green makeup as Shrek but misses most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shrek Comes to Broadway: No Happy Ending | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

In these recent movies, Smith's stature has kept him from connecting with anyone but his own son (in The Pursuit of Happyness, also directed by Muccino) and the mass of moviegoers. Here, though - and this is what lifts Seven Pounds above other Smith dramas - he does tentatively allow another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yes Man and Seven Pounds: Santas for Hard Times | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

A relatively conservative Democrat, typical of the new centrist Western wing of the party, Salazar voted in favor of President George W. Bush's Interior Secretary nominee Gale Norton, who has been roundly criticized for her mismanagement of the beleaguered department. He also supported his friend Alberto Gonzales for U.S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Salazar at Interior: For Greens, Not a Dream Choice | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

In our house, we're about to be reminded how strongly they feel about leaving out the correct cookies for Santa. Just as they feel strongly about the traditional sleepover the night before the last day of school. Or the cake on the dock on the last night of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Listen to the Kids | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

Never before had non-French, non-soap-opera-character wife cheaters been so bold. After learning about the intricacies of prostitution rings by busting them, Eliot Spitzer sought out a girlfriend experience with a prostitute who is an aspiring singer with a MySpace account. He would have been more discreet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year of Living Stupidly | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

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