Columns
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‘Real Housewives’ Recap: Kandi Caught Between the Queen Bees of Haterville and the Hated One
Meanwhile, Kim has turned me into a birther — I need to see a birth certificate
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Chima Simone -
Why Paul Greengrass’ ‘Green Zone’ Is 1 of the Top 10 Films of the Decade
In my opinion, this is a true masterpiece of filmmaking which didn’t get its proper due as it was marketed as an action film
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Guy Magar -
When ‘Jersey Shore’ Goes Ivy League
Vinny Guadagnino shows up for Professor Diane Vaughn’s class titled “Mistake, Misconduct, and Disaster” to discuss anti-bullying and the importance of being a polite citizen
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Suzette Valle -
Steve Jobs’ ‘Love Letter to His Wife’ Makes Waves in Asia
Many readers didn’t like the way the official translator of the bio presented the letter in Chinese characters
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Dan Bloom -
Don’t Cry for Me Joe Paterno
Does a winning team justify sexual abuse at Penn State’s Happy Valley
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Carole Mallory -
‘Son of the Morning Star’ — the Battle of 3 Networks
It began with that hefty synopsis, larger than most — the new Evan S. Connell novel, the massive and most comprehensive study ever of George Armstrong Custer and Crazy Horse
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Arthur Axelman -
What Is a Story, and Where Does It Come From?
We are all storytellers; the story’s first teller is our self and the first listener is our self
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Mark W. Travis -
Review: David Lynch Makes an Untranscendental, Unmeditative, Transfixingly Odd Solo Album
The filmmaker’s first musical solo effort has a lot of spooky, character-drive, Vocoder-ized slow blues… and a couple of dance tracks that won’t make the Black Eyed Peas lose sleep
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David Cronenberg, Unbound by the Niceties of Taste, Propriety
He is old-fashioned and out of fashion, and for this very disregard of fashion, Cronenberg is always in
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Mary Kuryla -
Review: Noel Gallagher’s First Solo Album Is No Oasis of Creativity
As a singer, Noel Gallagher is nearly a dead ringer for his embattled brother, Liam. Which is fine, if you want a record that’s just another Oasis album
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‘Big Brother’s’ Chima Simone Breaks Down ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’
Money talks, true wealth whispers, but fat cat NeNe Leakes shouts, “I’m very rich, bitch!”
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Chima Simone -
Flying to Hong Kong in the Mid-’60s as a Pan Am Stewardess
This past Sunday, the series “Pan Am” took a trip to Hong Kong, and my memories were revived
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Carole Mallory -
An Opening Night Like No Other at Gil Cates’ Geffen Theater
Gil wasn’t there, yet he was everywhere — in the warm embraces that triggered tears, in the faces of his staff, in the heavy hearts of the actors about to take to the stage
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Barbara Schroeder -
Kim Kardashian’s Message to Her Fans — I Found the Tracked Changes
What Kim meant to say when she posted a letter regarding her divorce to Kris Humphries
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Temp X -
How I Convinced Gil Cates to Make Billy Crystal an Oscar Host
Crystal hosted, and he made me laugh until I cried during one of his impromptu bits. He was phenomenal
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Arthur Axelman