Bubble

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The indie film legend talks about his latest experiment: Casting a real-life porn star as a high-class call girl
  • A great leap forward for Chinese appliances

    What sound does a washing machine make without electricity or running water? Answer: The sound of a bubble popping
  • Beyond the Multiplex

    As Jennifer Aniston and her celebrity friends sweep up the accolades in Park City, one thing is clear: Sundance has lost its cultural mojo.
  • California scheming

    "Dot.con: The Greatest Story Ever Sold" is the first good book about one of capitalism's most embarrassing debacles.
  • Dept. of "Oops"

    After four years, heeere's "Wild at Start," a documentary celebrating visionary new-economy entrepreneurs!
  • There's a new bubble in town

    Beware the "new story": China's boom may not last forever.
  • It's a bubble, all right!

    In "Irrational Exuberance," Robert Shiller credits investors' folly with keeping the bull market on its feet.
  • Reactions to stock carnage: "The bubble has burst"

    Believers in a prosperous "new economy" weigh in on the market's relentless decline.
  • A no-crash guarantee

    TheGreatCrash.com promises a chance to invest in a Black Tuesday-proof instrument. Hint: It's wearable.
  • Boom or bubble?

    Net honchos don't know whether it's the best or the worst of times -- but they're hiring and "monetizing" too fast to worry.
  • Tokyo sex wars

    Karl Taro Greenfeld paints an epic portrait of drug demons and sex junkies in Japan's new demimonde.
  • Crooning the expat blues

    You move abroad, and suddenly you're making more money and dating sexier women than you ever could in the states. So why aren't you happy?

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