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House of Cards's Molly Parker Talks Complex Characters and Unexpected Plot...
Photo courtesy of Netflix When we last saw Congressman Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey), he was one step closer to claiming the U.S. Vice Presidential seat, and he and his wife and political confidant...
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Trust Me, I Have an MFA: A Closer Look at KStew's Poetry
Kristen Stewart has gotten a lot of flack for sharing a poem she wrote in the pages of this month's Marie Claire. But screw the scrutiny of the Internet masses! What would happen to KStew's work in an...
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When I lived in India, people regularly asked me questions about Shirley Temple, thinking that, because I was a Yank, I knew something about her. The Indians were fascinated with American movie stars...
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A Hard Day's Write: The Beatles' Continuing Impact on Scholarly Literature
This month's anniversary of the Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 marks 50 years of stateside and worldwide Beatlemania. A television special, newly repackaged versions of the...
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Film Director Chris Nelson on Date and Switch
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No relationship comes with a guarantee, and rejection is always a possibility. This week's episode of Downton Abbey highlights three painful rejection scenarios: Ivy rejects Alfred, Alfred rejects...
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Falsetto is a rock singer's secret weapon. The upper register of a man's voice can transmit a sexy yowl, a vulnerable plea for understanding, or the simple joys of a high melody. In Neil Finn's case,...
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On Monday night, the six remaining ladies and Juan Pablo spent a few days in his hometown during the episode before "hometowns" (cue "My Hometown" by The Boss to make this a hometown trifecta). There...
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As every American with a TV or an Internet connection now knows, last week marked 50 years since the Beatles first rocked the United States with their sensational first appearance on The Ed Sullivan...
View ArticleRuPaul's Drag Race Season Six Debut!
Queens dripping in glitter, one with a tentacle, another in a wig shaped like a pot leaf, pranced down the "pink" carpet of the RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 premiere last night at the Roosevelt Hotel in...
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