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Did Curtis Hanson Recently Lose a Parent?new
Because his last three pictures all have a big parent-child conflict in them, a development you wouldn't expect from the director of Wonder Boys and LA Confidential.
NOW Magazine |
Josh Harkness |
05-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Curtis Hanson, Lucky You
Movies of Summer 2007: Thr3e!new
Why speculate about the most interesting movies of the summer when script writers, by the time they get to the second sequel, have generally run out of ideas?
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
05-04-2007 |
Movies
'Marijuana Martyr' in Lockdownnew
Bernie Ellis, Nashville's cause celebre of the medical marijuana movement, has been placed in virtual lockdown at a halfway house in an apparent attempt to quell publicity surrounding his plight.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
05-04-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Singing for Supper in the Alcatraz of Arizonanew
Tent City's "Inmate Idle Singing Con-Test" -- a bona fide hit.
L.A. Weekly |
Joshuah Bearman |
05-04-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
What Happened to the Tunes?new
It's like Bjork is still playing with the conventions of harmony, melody and rhythm but hasn't yet decided exactly what to do, so in the meantime she's issued an unconnected collection of new experiments as a progress report.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
05-04-2007 |
Reviews
Reggae Reconstructnew
UK mash-up maven JStar plays mix-and-match with reggae.
NOW Magazine |
Benjamin Boles |
05-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: JStar
Peter Bjorn and John Hit the Big Timenew
How Swede it is!
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
05-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Bjorn and John
We're At the Breaking Pointnew
While the explosive detainee torture scandal continues to monopolize the front pages, a growing chorus of defence experts are declaring NATO's Afghanistan mission to be on the razor's edge of stinging humiliation.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Weinberg |
05-04-2007 |
International
Tags: international
IARA-USA: Mid-America Jihad?new
Leaders of the now-defunct international aid charity face charges of funneling money to Iraq.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
05-04-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Why We Hate Local TV Newsnew
From sting stories to exagerrated weather stories, here's why boob tube "news" draws our ire.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
05-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Crime Soared in 2006new
A review of Uniform Crime Reports by the Jackson Free Press shows violent crime increased by 40 percent, despite the Mayor's campaign promises.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian C. Johnson |
05-04-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Do the Jane Fondanew
Talking sex, politics and hoped-for revolution with the Georgia Rule star.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
05-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Garry Marshall, Georgia Rule
Sarah Polley: Away From Hollywoodnew
At 28, Polley begins the next chapter of her career -- as usual, on her own terms.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
05-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Away from Her, Sarah Polley
Silent Wraith: Chester Turnernew
By slaying troubled black women, LA's worst serial killer operated invisibly for years.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
05-04-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
How the Paradigm Shifted at Coachella 2007new
I was nostalgic for the festival's 90s heroes, but they didn't move me and their messages seemed outdated and irrelevant -- instead, it was the look-inside-yourself call to arms I heard at Arcade Fire that spoke to me.
L.A. Weekly |
Linda Immediato |
05-04-2007 |
Music
