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The mayor of a city in Turkey called Batman is suing Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for royalties from The Dark Knight, claiming the producers used the city's name without permission. — Variety ABC's probable Winter plans could include Scrubs on Wednesdays and Private Practice after Grey's Anatomy. — The Futon Critic The Twilight soundtrack is the best-selling album of the past week. Read more
It's top six week on American Idol and with the promise of final five-status looming, things are getting serious — but you wouldn't know that by all the fun the contestants seemed to be having belting out awesome Queen classics! For real, everyone was on top of their game. At this point in the season, everyone has had enough stage time to get comfortable and they've all developed and defined Read more
Grace Kelly would have turned 82 this weekend. The late star is making a movie comeback, as a film project titled Grace of Monaco is officially in the works. The screenplay reportedly follows Princess Grace's royal life against a backdrop of current events. Almost 30 years since her tragic death in a car accident, the world is still fascinated by the Academy Award winner who went from Hollywood Read more
With tweens and extended adolescence now a part of our vocabulary, it's easy to forget that adolescence didn't always exist. It's only been acknowledged in Western culture for the last 50 or so years. You were a child until you weren't. One defining birthday —13, 16, or 18 — changed everything from clothes to the quotidian details of daily life. It wasn't until the '50s and '60s that youth Read more
Sometimes I think my most tragic flaw is that I'm American. No matter how hard I try, I'll never be as innately chic as our European friends, and I'm always reassured of that when I get a glimpse of a home on the other side of the pond. I've just discovered the most breathtaking Barcelona apartment, which has all the elements of a home that induces envy: killer architectural details, a stately Read more
San Francisco's Outside Lands Music Festival isn't just about the tunes — food and drink play a big part, too. Case in point: the sandwich offerings, as documented by Between the Bread. I have yet to dine at Maverick or Flour + Water, though both are on my list. So in between catching sets by MGMT, The Roots, Vetiver, Mavis Staples, Beirut, and many more at this weekend's Outside Lands festival Read more
