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Broadway Beauty
Big Mama: Fierstein Well, praise the gods of Broadway. The fantastic buzz on Hairspray, the latest musical to hit the boards on the Great...
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Soundwaves
Hex Hector Remixology Ultra Records DJ Encore DJ Encore Presents Ultra.Dance 02 Ultra Records During a live DJ performance, Hex Hector tends toward familiar songs,...
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And Now, Your Local Forecast
For infotainment at its best, you can't beat your local TV news affiliate. Unlike the national broadcast, delivered with an icy sense of professionalism, the...
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Melting Point
Like any Washingtonian worth his salt, I loathe tourists, especially in August. Nothing amplifies late summer misery like encountering a gaggle of out-of-towners standing to...
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Auntie Establishment
The performance hall in my hometown is smaller than I remember it, but most things back there are. It's been at least 10 years...
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Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis ''I'm telling you'' -- Tony Curtis's Brooklyn accent is as thick and redolent and comforting as a slice of New York pizza with...
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Double Down
The twin lesbians from Canada have some interesting angles -- they're twins, they're lesbians, they're Canadian. Unfortunately, If It Was You (Vapor), a mishmash of...
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Truly Yours
Dear Lena, I am a new girl on the Drag horizon, and my friends say I should wear more make-up and hair. I feel my...
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Living in Cyn
Cyndi Lauper is turning fifty years old. Now let's think about this for a moment, because her effect on you when she entered your life...
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Diesel Engine
A star is shorn: Diesel We have, I suppose, Steven Spielberg to thank for the recent booming career of Vin Diesel. Had the director...
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Soundwaves
Marc Anthony Mended Columbia Paulina Rubio Border Girl Universal A border girl won't get very far el norte by emulating Mariah Carey. Fortunately, Paulina ''Golden...
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Wet-n-Wild
Washington Wetskins Take some basketball, mix in dashes of soccer and football, then flood the playing field with water until it's too deep to...
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Lustrously Independent
The first shot of Luster, which plays this Friday, August 16 as part of the Reel Affirmations Xtra series, depicts a mass of artfully entwined...
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Well-Deserved Break
Beth Orton Not that it matters, but Beth Orton is huge. Six feet tall, to be exact. Being tall may have bolstered Uma Thurman's career...
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Final Examination
Little Lady: Blair Brown as Desiree (Photo by Joan Marcus) Settle down, class. Our summer session in Sondheim analysis isn't over just yet. But...
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Icy Terrain
Photography by Michael Wichita Write what you know. It's the sage advice all aspiring novelists hear, and Brian Malloy took it to heart when creating...
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Truly Yours
Dear Lena, I have a roommate and she's a slob. I'm not a ''Neat Freak,'' but I get tired of doing her dirty dishes left...
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Women's Work
Let's say you're in Portland, Oregon. You're on tour, packing it in after each gig and schlepping it to the next town where your audience...
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This One's for the Ladies
Straight Talking, Hard Knocking, Indie Rocking Women with a Cause. Have a Seat, Fellas... Tsunami Without the retro value or stretch pants of Charlie's Angels,...
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Unsettling Signs
Signs is not the movie you think it is. No matter what you think you may have gleaned from the film's previews (on television almost...
