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'Confessions of a Shopaholic'-aholicnew
Was Shopaholic a great movie? Nah. But it was everything a chick flick should be, meaning pink and sparkly as a glass of Rose Brut, and completely and offensively cliched.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
02-23-2009 |
Reviews
Forget That 'Happy Chanukah' Schlock ... Christmas is Where It's Atnew
Most folks seem to think Chanukah is the Jewish Christmas. It is not. Christmas is the Jewish Christmas.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
12-29-2008 |
Commentary
Geek Glasses Transform Sexy Superstars into Really Sexy Superstarsnew
Through a thoroughly scientific study of entirely anecdotal evidence, I am here to prove that oversized, plastic–frame glasses have the power to transform the lamest of losers into the coolest, smartest, funniest, prettiest, best–smelling people who ever did exist.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
12-08-2008 |
Commentary
I Don't Care About the Philliesnew
I am avidly not interested, so please, everyone, stop expecting me to give a shit just because I live in the local ZIP code.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
10-27-2008 |
Sports
Lessons from Christina Applegate's Cancer Scarenew
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means that everyone’s doing their best to celebrate survivors, and raise awareness and funds for education, research and treatment.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
10-07-2008 |
Commentary
Yay for Clay!new
He's gay. So is Lindsay. And that may save the USA.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
09-29-2008 |
Commentary
Pop Tart: The Object of My Desirenew
Yes, the economy is tanking. But I still want that handbag.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
09-22-2008 |
Commentary
I Love Stars For the Same Reason You Hate Themnew
Stars, to me, are perfect—the urgent, unmuffled whisper of acutely self-aware melodrama.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
09-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Stars, Sad Robots
9021-Uh-Ohnew
The new, or re–imagined, or re–hashed, or re–vaginally–juvinated or whatever 90210 premiered this week on the CW, and it’s no secret it was lacking.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
09-08-2008 |
TV
Girls Wear the Darndest Thingsnew
The stupidest things. The silliest things. The most uncomfortable, soul-crushing, pointless things that ever did exist.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
08-25-2008 |
Fashion
Why Aren't There More Musical TV Shows?new
Like RENT or Carousel or Pippin or Moulin Rouge or whatever, but in televised episodic form.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
07-28-2008 |
TV
M. Ward on Cool Girl and Collaborate Zooey Deschanelnew
So how did a Hollywood actress become a musician, and a venerated one at that?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
07-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Did You Say Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis?new
Sometimes weird combos can work. Like pineapple pizza. R.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
07-14-2008 |
Reviews
Rick Rubin Makes Over Jakob Dylannew
Seeing Things, Jakob's first solo affair, sounds characteristically Rubinesque in its quiet ruminations on all things sad (war, mostly, on "Valley of the Low Sun" and "War Is Kind"), and its back-to-basics instrumentation.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
06-30-2008 |
Reviews
Stop Trying to Make Alanis Morissette's Latest 'Jagged Little Pill, Part 2'new
The thing is, Flavors of Entanglement is a breakup album, but it's not, y'know, raw like Pill. Its anger is contained, matured. Ripe and self-possessed.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
06-23-2008 |
Reviews
