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SCREEN
Naked in Ashes
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STAGE: Fantoms of the Opera
Vegas-ized Broadway blockbuster should create devotees in the desert
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Before Superman Returned
Bryan Singer's new film continues the story Richard Donner began in 1978
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NOISE
Three Questions with Marky Ramone of the Ramones
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LETTERS
Mash Notes, Hate Mail, Urgent Communiqués, Secret Messages, Thesis Pieces
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Book Monkey
Our free-swinging, crap-flinging, fearlessly literate literary section
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THE CONSUMER: Pool Cool
Topless tanners can cover the rest in style at Sauvage
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Fired. Reunited. Gone Missing. Doing Business. Campaigning
Stories From MySpace
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Line Pass
Fine Theater, Palms Pool Exclusives
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The Normaler Memoir
A nonabused child and well-adjusted adult, Jancee Dunn is the anti-James Frey, which is good—in theory
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TASTE: Our Own Malaysia
Penang adds spice to Spring Mountain Road's Asian dining scene
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Power House
A history of the Pentagon, America's true seat of power
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Man, Yes; Super, Not Really
With its bland hero, earnest tone and slavish nod to the original, this Superman barely takes off
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'Smith's Spell Interfered with My Sleep'
In his scary novel, Scott Smith delves into the dark side of travel
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War, Religion, Sex and Soccer
A Trip to the World Cup
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Talking to Daniel Handler
The man behind Lemony Snicket writes grown-up books, too
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Gen-Internet
In the online world, marketing is mistaken for identity in JPod
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A+E
All the ARTS+ ENTERTAINMENT You Can Eat
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Things We Learn When Gubernatorial Candidates Don't Show Up
Only two of five hopefuls show for conference with the people who enforce the statutes they create
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NIGHTS ON THE CIRCUIT: Hooky Rookie
Two Monday pool events offer sweet relief
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Talking with Curtis Sittenfeld
The author of Prep and Man of My Dreams talks about the relationship between life and letters
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FINE ART: Ryan's Expression
Body fragments and clouds distinguish Liza Ryan's art
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Brazilian Soccer Fans Share the Love
Vegas enjoys the partying of futbol die-hards
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COMICS: Match Made in Comics Heaven
A Neil Gaiman-Jack Kirby combo yields Eternals
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POP CULTURE: Too Clean?
Dirty media might be good for you
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The Great WWII Novel You Haven't Read
But should
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VIDEO GAMES: Seeing the Lite
Nintendo goes on a successful diet with DS Lite
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Xania's Hot Spots
June 29 July 5
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That Gotham Girl
Batwoman is a lesbian. Discuss.
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Watchdogs or Lapdogs?
Two new books analyze the press
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HOROSCOPE
Peggy Plots Your Planets
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Art Scene and Modeling Dreams
A view of the underground Las Vegas modeling scene
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SOUNDCHECK
Dashboard Confessional walks the line between emotion and schmaltz on 'Dusk and Summer'
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Acrimony Over (Lack of) Airplay
Local urban artists say scant radio airplay and disrespect from out-of-town crews make for a tense music scene
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Mash-Up
Voodoo Redo
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Devil Dog
Fashionistas fall flat in The Devil Wears Prada
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BAR EXAM: Quirky and Kirky
An enterprising evening at Quark's bar
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NOISE
LOUD!
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SCREEN
PEACEFUL WARRIOR
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TASTE: Foolish Las Vegans!
Don't let fear of the unfamiliar stop you from trying the terrific food at Origin India
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NIGHTS ON THE CIRCUIT: Bun Worshippers Unite
It's thongs aplenty Sundays at the Hard Rock
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CineVegas: The Reviews
A critical roundup of this year's festival offerings
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A+E
All the ARTS+ ENTERTAINMENT You Can Eat
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STAGE: Twain Ride
Tom and Huck in flawed but fun tunefest
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IN PRINT: Talking Terrorist
Novelist John Updike on the Koran, visiting Islamic countries and the mind-set of a suicide bomber
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Save the Last Martini for Me
Our party-circuit ironman goes the distance at CineVegas' shindigs
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IN PRINT: Forgiveness Is Not for the Weak
Writer Andrew Corsello on God and man in Zimbabwe
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COMICS: Pirates! Vampires! A Spidey Surprise
Just another week in the world of comics
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VIDEO GAMES: Hello, Moto!
New game offers terrific motorcycle action—and painless road rash
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A Little Love For Summer
Elsewhere. Not in this oven of a city.
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STAGE: The Ingenue of the Opera
Talking with the object of the Phantom's affections
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MAN FOR THE JOB?
Michael Barton has taken the reins of the worst-performing school in the state. Armed with new programs, can he succeed where everyone else has failed?
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LETTERS
Mash Notes, Hate Mail, Urgent Communiqués, Secret Messages, Thesis Pieces
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Is the Death Penalty Dying?
Nevada ruling narrows death row cases
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FINE ART: Old Town
Angee Jackson's art revisits the good—and bad—old days
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POP CULTURE: National Nanny-ism
The FCC is back to save us from ourselves
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Mash-Up
Ch-ch-changes
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FEEDBACK
THE BLACK CROWES (2 stars)—June 16, The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel
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One Very Perilous Park
City View Park struggles with lawless reputation
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TV: Bloodless
Spike's Blade TV series lack bites
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Xania's Hot Spots
June 22-28
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Beyond the Rope
Christina Trainor and Kremlin
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Not Remotely Good
Click finds Adam Sandler stuck in pause
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HOROSCOPE
Peggy Plots Your Planets
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NOISE
Three Questions with Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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FEEDBACK
Anita Baker (3 stars)—June 17, Mandalay Bay Events Center
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SOUNDCHECK
Busta Rhymes; Gram Parsons; Allison Moorer
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SCREEN
THE LOST CITY
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CULTURE CLUB: The Politics of Family
Examining the gimmick of the 'indispensable' social building block
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HOROSCOPE
Peggy Plots Your Planets
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COMICS: Bears Are the New Monkeys
New series has fun with large carnivores
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CINEVEGAS: Taylor Hackford: Working Classy
Talking with CineVegas' Vanguard Director
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SPORTS: Kicked in the...
Notes on the gay-Islamo-fascist-commie soccer takeover
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NOISE
THREE QUESTIONS WITH DWEEZIL ZAPPA
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CINEVEGAS: Shaken, Stirred and Spilled
Hitting the world's most dangerous parties
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SCREEN
sketches of frank gehry
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TASTE: Breakfast Now!
One man's quest for an afternoon McMuffin
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'The Debate Is Over'
Talking global warming with Al Gore
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CINEVEGAS
Reviews
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SCREEN
Nacho Libre
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SCREEN
GARFIELD: A TAiL OF TWO KITTIES
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SCREEN
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
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Xania's Hot Spots
June 1521
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Hot Enough For You?
Wooden no more, Al Gore sounds a scary alarm about global warming
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SORE THUMBS: Compact Auto
Liberty City Stories is a side trip in the Grand Theft Auto Series
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Mash-Up
And You Can Party in Your PJs
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NIGHTS ON THE CIRCUIT: Guerilla Tactics
Costume party takes Downtown by storm, sort of
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CINEVEGAS: 'I'm Excited As Hell'
Artie Lange screens Beer League
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SOUNDCHECK
Sonic Youth; Ice Cube; Live; Andy Caldwell
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A+E: All the ARTS+ ENTERTAINMENT You Can Eat
Three Questions with Jim Florentine
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THE CONSUMER: Daddy Day Deals
Suggestions on how to give Pop some pleasure
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POP CULTURE: Mate Joe Black
Post-Brad and Angelina, a celebrity-based plan to save the world
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A Rush of Air and Paint
Deep in the heart of old Henderson, Shawn Ealy creates art for his people
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SCREEN
THE LAKE HOUSE
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What I Saw at the Blog Convention
A conservative's contrarian take on the recent gathering of liberalism's computer elite
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Xania's Hot Spots
June 8 - 14
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IN PRINT: What Can a Poe Boy Do?
Except try to solve Edgar Allan's murder in this clunky historical thriller
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SCREEN
THE PROPOSITION
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NIGHTS ON THE CIRCUIT: The Best Seat in The House
Raising the bar (and seat) on bathrooms
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Mash-Up
Look to the Skies—Again
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Running on Fumes
Cars doesn't have the usual Pixar drive
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The Impact of Four and a Half Pounds
Boxer Castillo's failure to make weight hit many, many people hard
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LETTERS
Mash Notes, Hate Mail, Urgent Communiqués, Secret Messages, Thesis Pieces
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A Crime in Boulder City
A journalist searches for clues in a small town
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SORE THUMBS: Can't Handle the Tooth
Jaws game nothing to write Spielberg about
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A+E
All the ARTS+ ENTERTAINMENT You Can Eat
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SCREEN
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
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TASTE: Meat! More Meat!
And then some! That's the deal, if you can handle it, at Pampas Brazilian Grille
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A Court of Their Own
Cops expect to make 5,000 prostitution-related arrests this year. Do we need a special court to handle them?
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The Easy Way Home
It's charm over substance in Robert Altman's Prairie Home Companion
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Risky Business
Prepare yourself for "the world's most dangerous film festival"
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FINE ART: 'This Is the Flagship'
Martin Mull on painting vs showbiz
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SOUNDCHECK
Paul Oakenfold; AFI; The Futureheads; Paul Simon
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NOISE
Five Questions for Ashlee Simpson
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HOROSCOPE
Peggy Plots Your Planets
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The Gospel According to Abel
Abel Ferrara on his career and his new film Mary
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Nightlife
5 Questions with DJ VanCronkhite
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ON THE SCENE: Filling!
Literary café offers recommended daily allowance of meaning
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THE CONSUMER: Cocky Attitude
Clothing line gets saucy and sexy
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TV: Screwing with Tradition
HBO revives the sitcom with Lucky Louie
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A Pretty Full Half-Life
Christina Ricci reflects on her dark image and dues paid
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COMICS: Bad Edison
The inventor is just one of the historical figures slugging it out in a loopy new comic book
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Lies, Alibis and Wet Dreams
Rebecca Romijn mutates from Mystique to a documentary
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Size Matters
What do you mean the tiny hot chocolate has been discontinued!?
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LINE PASS: Rock the Casbah
Carey Hart, Pink and One Industry Group are set to conquer Egypt
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POP CULTURE: The Rule of Man Law
Miller Lite commercials demonstrate how men think
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Dedicated to Film
Local director aims to be David Lynchian
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NOISE
LOUD!
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TASTE: Peak Eats
At Himalayan Cuisine, Nepali food reaches for the summit
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FEEDBACK
Ice Cube with tha dogg pound (3 stars)—May 27, House of Blues
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CULTURE CLUB: The Happy Life of the Middle Class
Democrats are missing the masses
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IN PRINT: Unreal
Theft, Peter Carey's new novel, works the line between authentic and fake
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Artistic Differences
The debate over whether First Friday should be a highbrow art affair or anything-goes festival mirrors a struggle over the future of the Arts District
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FEEDBACK
Madonna (3.5 stars)—May 27, MGM Grand Garden Arena
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SORE THUMBS: Take 'Em Out
Latest Hitman still has a sure hand but shoots a little wide of the target
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Mash-Up
Girls, Guys Go Wild
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Whatever They're Hiding, I'd Like to Know What It Is
Memorial Day at Area 51
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Graffiti Is Not Vandalism!
Instead, some say the word has been stolen from legitimate artists and encoded as a crime
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Beyond the Rope
Sean Charsley
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SOUNDCHECK
The Wreckers; Mobb Deep; Mission of Burma
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STAGE: Misery Loves Lunacy
Terrorized author doesn't love the company of loony fan in stage adaptation of film fav
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Cannes Do
Notes from the big film festival
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ON THE SCENE Putting the Tip in Tipple
Drinking chic to chic at a tasteful reception
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A+E
All the ARTS+ ENTERTAINMENT You Can Eat
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HOROSCOPE
Peggy Plots Your Planets
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NOISE
THREE QUESTIONS WITH THE DISPLACED'S SIMON MANDEL
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SCREEN
THE BREAK-UP
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TV: Love Gone Wrong
Critic: HBO's polygamy series ducks the hard truths
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Two Tales of Our City
Last Will and Testament of Miss Lala Bigg
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LETTERS
Mash Notes, Hate Mail, Urgent Communiqués, Secret Messages, Thesis Pieces
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SCREEN
DISTRICT B13
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ON THE SCENE: A Night at Pogo's
My cure for the common cold
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COMICS: Ho, Ho, Ho! Eat Lead, Mutants!
A postapocalyptic Santa empties his bag of zombie ass-kick!
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SCREEN
WATER
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Boyz Will Be Boyz?
Is the latest violent spree by a pack of young men indicative of a larger problem, or a consistent condition?
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Xania's Hot Spots
June 17
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TV: Spontaneous Combustion
Semi-improvised comedies go down in flames
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THE CONSUMER: Gem of a Show
Get a bead on jewelry know-how at Intergem
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The Devil Made Them Do It
Notes to filmmakers: So don't listen to the devil. You'll end up making crap like The Omen
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Two Tales of Our City
The Watchers
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NIGHTS ON THE CIRCUIT: Cherry Revisited
Once, twice, three times a party
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POP CULTURE: Madonna's Unstable Behavior
Remember when implied sex with a horse was out there?