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Like it or not, waistlines are back
The Boston GlobeIt was during an unusually balmy spell in Manhattan last February that the long dormant style crept up on tastemakers fanning themselves in the shoulder-to-shoulder heat of crowded fashion shows. Designers showing their women's fall/winter 2008...Tags: Project Runway, Manhattan (New York City), Kim Novak, Michael Kors, Tippi Hedren
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DVD FOCUS: 'Fabulous' determination--1982 film still calls for young women to make their own kind of music
Tribune NewspapersOne of the many prescient lines uttered by Corinne Burns, the New Wave Lolita played by Diane Lane in 1982's "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains," comes after the drug-induced death of a has-been bass player in the ladies room of a scummy...Tags: Cults and Sects, Music, Nicholas Ray, Laura Dern, Carole King
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With 'Fabulous Stains,' the drive lives on -- on DVD
Times Pop Music CriticONE OF the many prescient lines uttered by Corinne Burns, the New Wave Lolita played by Diane Lane in 1982's "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains," comes after the drug-induced death of a has-been bass player in the ladies' room of a scummy...Tags: Music, Nicholas Ray, Culture, Laura Dern, Carole King
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Making sense of Hollywood -- in print
Special to The TimesApril 17, 2008 For the last several years, Richard Schickel has been a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times Book Review, writing primarily about books on film. His new book, "Film on Paper: The Inner Life of Movies," is a collection of many of...Tags: Book, Reviews, Mae West, Samuel Fuller, Books and Magazines
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STAGE: 'Teen Girl' and other newcomers
Playwright Justin Tanner takes an uncharacteristic segue into sweetness in his 1992 coming-of-age play, "Teen Girl," now in revival at the Zephyr. "Girl" is not the acid-etched indictment of soulless suburban life so typical of Tanner but a scrawled...Tags: American Idol, Manhattan (New York City), Corporations, Family, Jennifer Tilly
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'I'm Not There' double-disc DVD helps decode a pop culture puzzle
I'm Not There
The Weinstein Co., $29.99
To find out whether you prefer more of a "Cate Blanchett" Dylan or a "Richard Gere" Dylan, you'll have to consult Todd Haynes' freewheelin' big-screen riff on the legendary singer-songwriter, in which six actors...Tags: Richard Gere, Roy Rogers, Culture, Folk Music, Genius Products Incorporated
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'Smart People' (stars Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church and Ellen Page)
Tribune movie critic"Smart People" is an effortful attempt at the sort of trenchant comedy a film such as "Sideways" managed without breaking a sweat. It also poses an interesting question regarding top-billed Dennis Quaid. Why is it that he comes off well in certain roles...Tags: Dennis Quaid, Harrison Ford, Movies, Colleges and Universities, Sarah Jessica Parker
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'Married Life'
gene.seymour@newsday.comThere's little in "Married Life," Ira Sachs' burnished blend of psychological suspense thriller and comedy of manners, that those devoted to the storytelling of John Updike, Douglas Sirk and Alfred Hitchcock haven't encountered before. Subdued passions,...Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Chris Cooper, Marriage, Pierce Brosnan, Manhattan (New York City)
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The Master's style, without the Master's passion
Special to the TribuneFor the first few minutes, it's easy to see "Married Life" as an early Alfred Hitchcock film. The year is 1949, and Pierce Brosnan's elegant, mannered narration sets the scene as he and old friend Harry ( Chris Cooper) meet in an upscale supper club. They...Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Marriage, Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Jimmy Stewart
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Movie Review: 'Why Did I Get Married?' explores the question of its title
Sentinel Movie CriticTyler Perry knows his audience. His shows are stage-tested hits, laugh-lines polished for maximum giggles. And he's learning how to make movies. His latest stage-to-screen adaptation, Why Did I Get Married?, has the shiny veneer not just of African-...Tags: Movies, Phil McGraw, Janet Jackson, Minority Groups, Roger Moore
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Hollywood: Being an extra where the action is
peggy.brown@newsday.comHey, there's Will Ferrell on the basketball court! About as far away as the height of his giant "Elf" ... closer than a car length for his racing legend Ricky Bobby. He's so close that we could scamper down the bleachers and shoot hoops with him in the...Tags: Harry Potter, Celebrity Mothers, Celebrity, Universal Orlando, Owen Wilson
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'Fido'
Special to The TimesA crafty mixture of George Romero and Douglas Sirk, "Fido" is a boy and his zombie movie that may have an unusually pastoral color scheme but tears into its many satirical targets — war, class, nuclear families, the '50s, our culture of death and...Tags: Billy Connolly, Movies, Santa Monica, Henry Czerny, Family
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