 Commentary on the worlds of entertainment, style, and media.
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Ask America Why are we so obsessed with advice columns? We just want to become the best version of ourselves that it is possible to be.
By Michal Lemberger
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Historically Inaccurate Next up, stay tuned for the series premier of Masters, Slaves.
By Paula Marantz Cohen
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585 Minutes On and off the clock with the Beatles in the last 50 years.
By Colin Fleming
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Is Superman Jewish? Dispatches from a conference celebrating the Man of Steel's 75th birthday.
By Paula Marantz Cohen
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Enlighten Me HBO's comedy series Enlightened is full of philosophy, disappointment, and quietly crazy characters — a lot like real life.
By Paula Marantz Cohen
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Miserable at Les Mis The cinematic adaptation of the broadway play doesn't live up to the hype.
By Paula Marantz Cohen
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Hitchcock's B-sides True Hitchcock fans know there's more to the director than birds and shower-murder scenes.
By Colin Fleming
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Process Over Politics HBO has two new shows about current events. But only one actually feels current.
By Paula Marantz Cohen
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The Mousetrap at 60 The quintessential bourgeois comfort play keeps chugging along.
By Paula Marantz Cohen
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The Wet, the Dry, and the Ugly Prohibition ended more than 90 years ago, but it lives on in our palates.
By Kevin Kosar
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Live from Fargo Seventy years ago, two buddies recorded the Duke Ellington band. Today, it stands as jazz's greatest live album.
By Colin Fleming
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Sandwich: A Global History The world's 50 most notable sandwiches from a new book on the world's favorite food.
By Bee Wilson
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Tan Lines Yes to the Oval Office's new lamps, no to that precious rug with quotes!
By Paula Marantz Cohen
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ACK! Three decades of big social changes, but summer still came and Cathy was still trying on swimsuits. Now she's gone.
By Paula Marantz Cohen
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I Like Candy You grow out of candy as you grow out of childhood. Then you taste it in middle age and...WHOA.
By Paula Marantz Cohen
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Laugh Riot Why can't we categorize comedy the way we do books, or music, or film?
By Meg Favreau
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Kids Wear the Darndest Things! Why are kids going bonkers over little pieces of rubber called Silly Bandz? An 8-year-old and 5-year old weigh in.
By The Smart Set
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Print is So Last Season Fashion houses are breaking out of the two-page spread (with mixed success).
By Courtney McLean
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The Sound Effect Law & Order's ''doink doink'' is just the latest iconic sound from TV and film. I mean, you know the Wilhelm scream, right?
By Meg Favreau
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Say Grace A new exhibition celebrates Grace Kelly's style, but that's not what enthralls us.
By Paula Marantz Cohen
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Take My Wife Critics of reality TV need to stop worrying about Jersey Shore and start worrying about Wife Swap.
By Jesse Smith
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