Lifestyle Columns
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Oscar contenders add luster to holiday film seasonNov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Up to now, 2008 has been a fairly dismal year for really exciting movies that scream "I deserve an Oscar!" Not anymore. As if to make up for lost time, Hollywood will du...
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Offbeat 'Thunder' packs explosive laughsNov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - "Tropic Thunder" (unrated director's cut) - Ben Stiller directed and stars in this uneven but entertaining satire about three pampered actors who get more than their...
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Management contracts too often ignore realistic scenariosNov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - As controversies in associations go, none are more emotional than when there is a perception by board members and/or owners that the property manager is the source of so...
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Smart buyers should purchase title insuranceNov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Savvy buyers should always purchase two types of title insurance - one that protects the bank, and a second that protects themselves. Q. We are buying our first home. Ou...
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Trim the budget, not the FeastNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - You've watched your grocery bill tick upward the last few months as your income and investments have ticked down. If you're wondering how you're going to pull off Thanks...
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CSO foresees bright futureNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Principal conductor Bernard Haitink returns to Symphony Center this weekend for his annual fall residency, covering three subscription weeks through Dec. 9. Haitink open...
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Naked Brothers movie 'Mojo' to debut SaturdayNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Nickelodeon's popular Naked Brothers Band produces a new hourlong movie, "Operation Mojo," debuting at 8 p.m. Saturday. Nat believes he's lost Rosalina to a French guy o...
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'Bolt' no lightning strike of originality, funNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Walt Disney's "Bolt" leaps on to the silver screen as a serviceable but uninspired animated adventure that kids will appreciate far more than adults weened on the breath...
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Last chance for 'Yohen' at North CentralNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - The seemingly stable, 40-year marriage between Japanese Sumi and her black American husband, James, starts to feel the effects of clashing cultures in Philip Kan Gotanda...
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Gothic romance blooms in brooding, beguiling 'Twilight'Nov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Be you a Capulet or a Montague, a Jet or a Shark, a black or a white, a vampire or a mortal, adolescent love across party lines can be a torturous affair, even deadly. T...