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Networks Launch Two Spouse-Swapping Showsnew
ABC claims that Fox's "Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy" (Tuesdays, 8 p.m.) ripped off its upcoming "Wife Swap." But perhaps both networks' execs caught the episode of "Chappelle's Show" when the husbands of white and black families traded households.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Heather Kuldell |
08-19-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Spike Lee Blows His Credibilitynew
When Spike Lee was filming She Hate Me, a friend should have taken the filmmaker aside and told him he would better serve everyone's time -- that of his cast and crew, his audience, himself -- by turning the feature into a soft-core adult film.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-19-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Spike Lee, She Hate Me
Postmodern Infidelity Brewsnew
We Don't Live Here Anymore often feels like Reality Bites-brand slackers playacting at tweedy adulthood, trying to convey how, in the post-college, post-kids landscape, real ennui -- and real disappointment -- set in.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-19-2004 |
Reviews
Protesters Stopped One War and Can Do It Againnew
As New York authorities and the Bush administration plot the crushing of dissent at the Republican National Convention later this month, John Sugg waxes nostalgic about the protest movement. This is the first of two parts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
08-19-2004 |
Commentary
The Term May Be Antiquated, but Orphanages Are Returningnew
A report by a child advocacy group has turned up the heat on the debate over orphanages. Do they do more harm than good? Or are they a necessary safety net for children who can't find a place in the traditional foster system, especially a system as flawed as Georgia's?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
08-19-2004 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Notes from Underground: Touring Western Pennsylvania's Cavesnew
Cave tours often have a goofy sort of charm, a mixture of entertainment and education, with a superlative or two tossed in. Many show caves are family-owned, and each owner puts his own stamp on the attraction.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Al Hoff |
08-19-2004 |
Travel
For Child of Migrant Workers, Education Is Redemptionnew
Daniel Ramos, who recently earned his GED through Palo Alto College's high school equivalency program for migrant workers and their children, puts a face on the sobering statistics: According to a Migrant Attrition Project Study conducted for the U.S. Department of Education, children of migrant workers have just an 11 percent chance of entering their senior year in high school, compared to 80 percent of non-migrant students.
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
08-19-2004 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Bush League: Baghdad Year Zeronew
In Harper's Magazine, Naomi Klein describes all the ways the ideologically flawed plans for post-invasion Iraq failed. Other reports in this weekly media roundup of articles on the Bush administration discuss the Clean Water Act, the Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange and the CIA.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
08-19-2004 |
Politics
Can Dogs Detect Epileptic Seizures?new
Pediatric neurologist Dr. Adam Kirton of Canada interviewed 122 dog-owning families of children with epilepsy. He found that 40 percent of the families reported that the canine displayed specific reactions after a seizure started, and 15 percent reported that the dog was able to anticipate the onset of a seizure before it began.
Syracuse New Times |
Sam Graceffo, M.D. |
08-18-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Post's Mea Culpa Is Too Little, Too Latenew
Howard Kurtz's piece in the Washington Post about the paper's coverage of weapons of mass destruction was the latest in what is likely to be a long series of tepid -- not to mention craven, insufficient and self-serving -- media confessions about pre-war Iraq reporting.
New York Press |
Matt Taibbi |
08-18-2004 |
Media
Tags: media
A Vegetarian's Cafeteria Survival Guidenew
Every college cafeteria pretends to offer a plethora of vegetarian alternatives. Very few actually do. But with a microwave and a little determination, students can transform salad bar offerings into delicious meatless meals.
Jackson Free Press |
Robert Williamson |
08-18-2004 |
Food+Drink
Acting Up: The Revolution Will Be Dramatizednew
Artists are mobilizing in historic numbers for the Republican National Convention. But if Michael Moore's blockbuster film can't breach the country's red-state/blue-state mental divide, what can we reasonably expect from an army of fringe acts sprinkled with mega-star cameos?
The Village Voice |
Charles McNulty |
08-18-2004 |
Politics
What the McGreevey Mess Means for Closets and Corruptionnew
New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey's revelation that he is gay was a momentous event that, sadly, could have only happened out of shame, not pride. The days when a married pol announces "Yep, I'm gay" just because he feels like it are as far away as Michael Jackson begging the FBI to chaperone his next date.
The Village Voice |
Michael Musto |
08-18-2004 |
Politics
Congressional Race Turns Into a Campaign-Finance Scandalnew
Opposing incumbent Major Owens for the Brooklyn seat in the Democratic primary are two thirtysomething city councilwomen. One of them, Tracy Boyland, appears to have a swath of campaign-finance violations, and the other, Yvette Clarke, to have undercover Republican ties.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and Marc Schultz |
08-18-2004 |
Politics
Blend of Animation and Hard Science Spins Your Headnew
Interspersed with scenes of Amanda (Marlee Matlin) moping about are clips of interviews with top physicists, doctors, mystics and authors who attempt to explain radical ideas of alternate realities, quantum physics and the power of thoughts to change your life. It seems just the thing to snap Amanda out of her doldrums.
Monterey County Weekly |
Catrina Coyle |
08-17-2004 |
Reviews
