Lifestyle Columns
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'The Duchess' a royal treat on DVDDec 24, 2008 10:00 pm - "The Duchess" - Forget, for a moment, about the hoop skirts and powdered wigs. "The Duchess" is a compelling and accessible historical drama about a timeless topic - the...
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'Bowery Boys' serves up comfort food for the holidaysDec 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Outside Marriott Theatre, winter rages. Inside, spring dawns in the form of writer/director David H. Bell's sunny, exuberantly performed production of "The Bowery Boys,"...
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You can close the book on these 'Bedtime Stories'Dec 23, 2008 10:00 pm - In the fanciful comedy "Bedtime Stories," every joke has either been spelled out and dumbed down or propped up with wacky animals emitting flatulence (a horse) or starin...
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Superficial 'Valkyrie' rides on fact-based conspiracyDec 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Bryan Singer's "Valkyrie" could have been a riveting political thriller, a real-life "Mission Impossible" tale so bizarre, so big and so bold that it left audiences in s...
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Rourke pins down role in 'Wrestler'Dec 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Darren Aronofsky's tragic, no-holds-barred character study "The Wrestler" falls squarely on Mickey Rourke's bulked-up shoulders to make it all work. It does more than wo...
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'Christmas on Mars' might just be the weirdest holiday TV special everDec 22, 2008 10:00 pm - All right, all right. I've seen a sour-pussed drummer boy smile. I've seen the Abominable Snow Monster trim a tree. I've seen a guardian angel save a man from suicide. I...
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Phyllis and Jim Clegg form "Braided Bread"Dec 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Jim and Phyllis Clegg really know how to mess with college kids' minds. Just serve them dinner in the dining room on the good china with crystal water glasses and watch ...
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Sausage doesn't have to be greasy to be goodDec 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Editor's note: Don Mauer is taking some time off. This column originally appeared Dec. 19, 2001 With the holidays bearing down at a high rate of speed, I began to t...
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Parents need to know the signs of frostbiteDec 21, 2008 10:00 pm - The adventurous 6-year-old was properly dressed when he left the house to play out in the snow on the cold winter's day. He threw snowballs, made snowmen, constructed sn...
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Here's the 411 for eating on the flyDec 21, 2008 10:00 pm - There's a good chance you're going to be in an airport over the next two weeks. And given the unpredictability of the weather, there's a good chance you'll be spending m...