The Elephant in My Closet (Review - Critic's Pick)
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This Is One Shitty Party (Review)
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Web Onstage: Moving in Opposite Directions
Playhouse's Last Five Years a worthy addition to modern musical canon
0 Comments · Wednesday, May 25, 2005
The best moments of modern musical theater -- and truly theater itself -- are those that are the most difficult to watch. Those moments of broken hearts. Of dreams dashed. Of promises failed. Of lo
Never-ending hacked celebrity Sidekicks
0 Comments · Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Star idolization reached a new low -- or a technical high, depending on how you look at it -- when celebrity-by-default Paris Hilton had her trusty Sidekick (a combo cell phone and PDA) hacked into a
Cover Story: How Much Jessica Simpson Is Too Much?
Ubiquitous blonde ruled pop culture in 2004
0 Comments · Wednesday, December 22, 2004
When future generations find the 2004 time capsule, they'll undoubtedly ask: How could the American people demand so much of singer/reality TV star/cosmetics spokesperson Jessica Simpson? A huge
Film: From Hunted to Hunter
Blade: Trinity star Jessica Biel says, "Look what I can do"
0 Comments · Wednesday, December 8, 2004
New York City -- Every good action film needs a babe. This isn't conjecture. It's cold, hard, movie studio fact. Look at the recent slate of action movies: Resident Evil, Dawn of the Dead, Van
Cover Story: Cold Beer, Hot Days
In search of the best pint of Guinness in Greater Cincinnati
0 Comments · Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Summer is and will always be beer season. This is both from the consumer side -- who doesn't enjoy a frosty mug on a muggy night? -- and from the supply side. The brewing industry estimates that
Film: Pretty Dull Woman
Kate Hudson's shine fails to carry heavy Raising Helen
0 Comments · Wednesday, May 26, 2004
The corny '80s catchphrase that best suits Garry Marshall, director of female-friendly hits like Pretty Woman and Beaches, is this: It's better to look good than to feel good. Marshall's lates
Film: Serial Murders
Several film franchises were laid to rest last year while a few live on (and on and on)
0 Comments · Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Neo is dead. The hobbits are frolicking for eternity in the Shire. Arnold the Terminator will not be back. The year 2003 will be carved on numerous cinematic gravestones. Characters from The Matr
Cover Story: Tarantino, I'm Waiting
What's Tarantino's next move?
0 Comments · Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Now that Kill Bill: Vol. 1 is out and Vol. 2 is in the can, Hollywood attention has turned to filmmaker Quentin Tarantino's next project. After waiting six years between Jackie Brown and Kill B
Film: Family Business
New slate of kid-friendly films reaches out to other audiences
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Take an actor whose most recent film credit had him funneling beer and streaking butt-naked across campus. Take a director whose only behind-camera credit heretofore involved organized crime. Ta
Film: We Love the '70s
Fall films recall New Hollywood but they're no substitute
0 Comments · Wednesday, October 1, 2003
As the title of the hit VH-1 show proclaims, we do love the '70s. Just enough time has elapsed for us to look past the questionable fashions and other punch lines of the time and see what the dis
