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FDA Hot on Implants, Cold on Contraceptionnew
Even as Bush's FDA moves forward on giving women a choice of breast implant types, the agency stalls on allowing the purchase of the morning-after pill without a prescription.
The Village Voice |
Emily Weinstein |
08-16-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Less Than Heronew
After a seven-year absence, Ellis dares gossip-rag column space with his first book cast in the past tense, a multi-genre thriller starring a middle-aged, drugged, neurotic, lecherous, and lonesome author named Bret Easton Ellis.
The Village Voice |
Brandon Stosuy |
08-16-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bret Easton Ellis, Lunar Park
Sometimes a Fantasy
Terry Gilliam comfortably treads familiar surreal ground in The Brothers Grimm.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Grimm
Potter Nauseanew
The Potter tales are explicated by Sartre's Being and Nothingness, and the two books should be read simultaneously for maximum effect.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
08-16-2005 |
Fiction
The Life Lethargicnew
As intriguing as Jim Jarmusch's latest film, Broken Flowers, might be, it nevertheless feels like something we've all seen too many times before.
Tags: Broken Flowers, Jim Jarmusch
Well Rednew
Red Sparowes' debut full-length is a pounding, trance-inducing epic akin to a communion of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the Swans and Sister-era Sonic Youth.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
08-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Red Sparowes
Denver's Dying Grand Prix Indicative of Sport's Declinenew
National Indy-car racing continues to face the most serious crisis in its history: Dwindling crowds, indifferent TV coverage and uncertain sponsorships have reduced a once-prosperous sport to an also-ran in a marketplace overstuffed with choices.
Tags: sports & fitness
Nightmare Continues for Woman Inseminated by Her Parentsnew
When Shenna Grimm first accused her parents of inseminating her with a syringe, no one believed her. Even now, with her stepfather convicted of rape, she still has dissenters.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
08-16-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
State of Fearnew
Kate Hudson and a supporting cast of stereotypes sleepwalk through The Skeleton Key as British director Iain Softley continues the time-honored tradition of turning Louisiana into a sticky, icky gumbo of cliches.
Tags: Iain Softley, The Skeleton Key
Say Anythingnew
SoTheySay earns a record deal via hard work -- and a little help from the Internet scene.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
08-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dead Reckoningnew
Police and prosecutors say they know who brutally murdered a young St. Louis woman. But no one has answered the question: Why?
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
08-15-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Won't Be Worried Longnew
Friends and family gather to mourn the suicide of St. Louis' Hunter Brumfield III, aka Toast, who was, depending on whom you ask, a great rapper, bassist, drummer, DJ, graffiti artist, lover, poet, breakdancer, bookworm, conversationalist, drunk or folk guitarist.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
08-15-2005 |
Music
Tags: Hunter Brumfield III
Straight Talknew
This country needs Rufus Wainwright. He's sexy, bold, glamorous, a genius of a songwriter and openly gay. Oh, and the girls love him.
The Pitch |
Jason Harper |
08-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Stroke of Geniusnew
Some male nude models just have up-and-down days.
Swamp Thingnew
Though probably not intended, The Skeleton Key is one of 2005's funniest films, bested only by the first two-thirds of Wedding Crashers, all of The Aristocrats, and that part in Stealth where the airplane starts sassing Josh Lucas.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Wilonsky |
08-15-2005 |
Reviews
