Competing at the 2006 bee, Finola Hackett and winner Katharine Close (seated). ESPN Photo: Mark Bowen The 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee, baby! I can’t even do this event justice in a small blog post. American kids of far-flung nationalities puzzling over the etymologies of the same dead languages. The dissonance of the ding! of [...]
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This Weekend's Movies
Safe House: Can Denzel Washington Ever Be a Bad Guy?
In this efficient spy chase film, the star plays a CIA rogue who messes with Ryan Reynolds' pretty mind
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Populist
Top 10 CIA Movies
Ever notice how movies like Safe House almost always make the Central Intelligence Agency the bad guy? TIME looks back at some of the most memorable flicks starring the secretive organization.
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Blogging the Dickens
Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 1: Bleak House
Bleak House is the great writer’s grandest, most virtuosic achievement.
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Box Office Report
The Vow Is Wow on a Lovely Valentine's Weekend
Denzel Washington and The Rock also score well, and even Jar Jar Binks finds a few fans, as moviegoers plight their troth big-time
1 The Vow $41.7M 2 Safe House $39.3M 3 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island $27.55M 4 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $23M 5 Chronicle $12.3M -
Photos
A Photo History of Etta James, Dead At 73
The cross-genre singer of hits like “At Last” has died of complications from leukemia.
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Oscar Nominated Films
The Descendants: George Clooney's Tragedy in Paradise
Alexander Payne's tale of a grieving Honolulu husband has been touted as Oscar bait but it's closer to Hawaii Five-No
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TV Recaps
Downton Abbey Watch: The Ballad of Sad Lady Edith
This week's episode marks the point at which Downton turned from a soap opera that held a small allegiance to reality into something approaching high farce.
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Q&As
Margin Call Director J.C. Chandor on VOD and the Awards Season Hustle
Chandor spoke to TIME about what one has to do to get nominated for an Oscar and his film's unique release strategy.
