80s

Sleepover Cinema: The Empowering 80s Lady Movie You Haven't Seen

Shirley is a smart, funny woman dealing with loneliness and heartbreak who is not a 26-year-old size 2 with blown out hair and a million dollar apartment.
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Entertainment, 80s, 80s movies, breakup movies, british movies, movies, pauline collins, shirley valentine

May 21, 2012 at 6:05pm | 32 comments

acting

Dear Super Intense Actors, Please Do a Comedy

Remember when RDJ did little indie films and had silly hair?
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Entertainment, acting, angelina jolie, comedies, intensity, leonardo dicaprio, tv

May 1, 2012 at 6:00pm | 109 comments

like a prayer

MDNA, And Why I'll Always Love Madonna in Spite of Everything

Maybe what I love the most about Madonna is for that what she is most criticized; she’s a total poseur.
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Entertainment, like a prayer, like a virgin, madonna, mdna, music, ray of light

Apr 12, 2012 at 6:00pm | 35 comments

family business

Forming a Supergroup, and Other Bad Ideas for Trying to Impress Your Dad

I've heard some of the Beatles' kids want to start a band. Dooooon't doooo it.
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Entertainment, family business, james mccartney, parents, the beatles

Apr 9, 2012 at 5:00pm | 7 comments

kate winslet

"Titanic 3D" is Just Sorta Sad Now (And Not Why You Think)

"Titanic" is as much about 1997 as 1912 as a touchstone of the hubris and optimism of an age; forgive me for saying so, but I believe it is much more difficult to make an earnest, naïve love story like this today.
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Entertainment, kate winslet, leonardo dicaprio, movies, nostalgia, the 90s, titanic, titanic 3-d

Apr 6, 2012 at 10:00am | 60 comments

beetlejuice

I Still Believe in Tim Burton

I am crazy excited for Dark Shadows. You can be too. It's okay.
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Entertainment, beetlejuice, dark shadows, edward scissorhands, johnny depp, movies, tim burton

Mar 28, 2012 at 5:30pm | 71 comments

cigarettes

Keep Your Guilt Off My Cigarettes and Diet Coke

I'm fine with having a vice or six. You should be too.
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Issues, cigarettes, diet coke, drama, healthy, nannyism, vices

Feb 28, 2012 at 5:00pm | 177 comments

books

Got Post-Graduate Angst? So Does The Marriage Plot (And Other Great Campus Novels)

The campus novel is great because it makes you nostalgic for being 22, and at the same time, glad that scary epoch is behind you.
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Entertainment, books, college, jeffrey eugenides, the marriage plot

Feb 23, 2012 at 2:00pm | 65 comments

annie hall

Celebrity Memoir Book Club: Diane Keaton's "Then Again"

The real "Annie Hall" on hats, Woody, and bulimia.
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Entertainment, annie hall, books, diane keaton, memoirs, reviews

Jan 31, 2012 at 6:00pm | 0 comments

downton abbey

More British Class Dramas That You May Love More Than Downton

More period dramas that will be perfect for a blizzard coming near you, a couple months unemployment, or your next hard break-up.
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Entertainment, downton abbey, forstye saga, masterpiece classics, miniseries, PBS, tv, upstairs downstairs

Jan 30, 2012 at 6:00pm | 0 comments