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By David Walters | October 2, 2003On September 11, the ABC sitcom "8 Simple Rules for Dating my Teenage Daughter" unexpectedly lost its star John Ritter.
On September 11, the ABC sitcom "8 Simple Rules for Dating my Teenage Daughter" unexpectedly lost its star John Ritter.
Colors have attitudes.
The quintessential Hollywood kiss used to involve a man, a woman, a sunset and a full-piece orchestra.
With its pre-planned developments and homogenous connotations, suburbia has never been particularly amenable to punk rock.
Cold Creek Manor is aptly titled. Aging veterans Sharon Stone and Dennis Quaid, looking bored and tired, sleepwalk coldly through a creaky, numbing, seen-it-all before retread.
To us, Cameron is Duke basketball. If Mike Krzyzewski is Duke sports' demigod, then Cameron is the temple of our athletic pride.
My Morning Jacket's new album, It Still Moves, provides more fodder for a well-worn comparison.
Onomatopoeia is the word you're looking for; the name for a word that audibly mimics the sound or the idea it describes. Surely, there's no more revolting word than puberty.
Tell us about your new album..
It started with a loft in SoHo. There was an aspiring female rapper, a chiseled model, a southern charmer.
Today, we live in a world very much against the stereotype.
It's happened to all of us. You plop onto the futon with a pint of your favorite super-premium ice cream, ready to binge-eat your troubles away when...
File sharing. Kegs on West. Johnny Cash.
For those who don't know her, Lucinda Williams is the godmother of a generation of guitar-playing and world-weary songstresses.
Some people think that parties are all about getting drunk. But they are so wrong. Parties are about more than that. They are about dressing up... and then getting drunk.
When Tom Newby was a bachelor, his apartment was decorated with Sports Illustrated photos.
"See this guy playing me? He doesn't look like me at all, does he?" narrates the real Harvey Pekar, as Paul Giamatti goes about Harvey's daily routine onscreen.
Grifting is a lot like film making. Success at either relies on precise timing, charisma, and slight of hand.
The key word in "guilty pleasure" is "pleasure." A movie like Underworld is supposed to stimulate the senses, not abuse them.
On Sept. 6 in Roanoke Rapids, NC, a man attempted to purchase $150 worth of groceries. To pay for his items, he handed the clerk a $200 bill bearing the portrait of President George W.