Arts + Entertainment
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Sia Change
Sia Furler is honored to be Christina Aguilera's ''bitch.'' Furler, who records under her first name, just wrapped up work co-writing for Aguilera, as well...
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Tapped Out
Always remove one item before leaving the house. This was the advice of the godmother of the little black dress Coco Chanel. Do the hair....
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Jewish Ham
Harvey Fierstein in Fiddler on the Roof? At first, you may hope he's playing the matriarch Golde in drag. Or better, a drag Yente, the...
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Gay Wedding Singers
Some singers were just made for each other. Take ''baritenors'' Jon Arterton and James Mack. ''We're told that when we sing in unison our voices...
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King Sized
Did you hear the one about Kaki King collaborating with Miley Cyrus? ''That would be hilarious,'' laughs King. ''I mean, of all people.'' In fact,...
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Death Match
Can a British black comedy about a family successfully translate to an American comedy about a black family? Bloody hell, yeah! In 2007, the Frank...
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Heroic Deeds
The least offensive thing about Kick-Ass is its title. The most offensive? That's way too hard to pinpoint. Kick-Ass is flat-out, balls-to-the-wall funny. Now, if...
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Fool's Goldfrapp
''Oh-oh-oh, I've gotta rocket,'' Alison Goldfrapp wispily sings on the first single of Head First, her eponymous duo's fifth album. She knows just what she...
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Musical Roots
''You've got to let the story in, let the silliness wash over you until you giggle,'' says Coy Middlebrook, director of Little Shop of Horrors....
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[show] Business
If you don't have anything nice to say, the saying goes, come sit by me. is one of those fun but ill-mannered...
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Lie Hard
After Henry V and Richard II, dishes as rich as pheasant, The Shakespeare Theatre Company offers the clever 17th century confection, Corneille's The Liar. Under...
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Greek Idol
It is to Terrence McNally's great advantage that three of his plays are being staged simultaneously at the Kennedy Center since anyone who sees only...
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Spacing Out
Jared Davis is doing his part to establish a ''holiday for space.'' Now in its third year, his party Countdown to Yuri's Night celebrates the...
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Jett Lag
In a very odd way, it's almost as if Kristen Stewart was born to play rocker Joan Jett. The slightly stoned look of ambivalence and...
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Gods Forsaken
''Just accept it.'' That's the advice given to Perseus when he discovers a sword from the gods in the forest. There's no good explanation for...
