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Election controversy rocks and roils Boston bluesmen

Blues Clues Dept.
Looking for a name for your Boston-based blues band? How about "Hanging Chad"?
By VALERIE VANDE PANNE  |  December 09, 2009
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Review: Whip It

Drew Barrymore's directorial debut falls flat
Add a dash of the sad beauty contests and kooky, dysfunctional family of Little Miss Sunshine to a helping of the bogus hipness and overexposed star of Juno and whip it good and you get an idea of why Drew Barrymore's directorial debut falls flat as a sappy soufflé.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  September 30, 2009

From Jester to Esther

Sarah Palin sees self as a religious legend, not a political football
During the presidential campaign last fall, the Phoenix took note of a curious undercurrent in the annals of Sarah Palin fandom: the notion of Palin as a modern-day Queen Esther.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  July 15, 2009
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Brain gloss

Two new Boston mags aimed at women beg the question, why not the perfect women's magazine?
The merger of thought and glossy spreads of girls in streaming, DIY couture.
By ELLEE DEAN  |  January 15, 2008
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It parade

In 2008, novels turn to fairies, fashion goes faux green, and Star Trek  gets all 90210
There is a moment, at the end of a beauty pageant, when the previous year’s winner is forced to place the sparkling crown on a new champion’s head.
By SHARON STEEL  |  December 26, 2007
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Can Britney rise again?

It’s tough to be a celebrity on the skids, but even a ‘ticking time-bomb’ can stage a convincing comeback
The first movie star was a woman named Florence Lawrence.
By SHARON STEEL  |  October 18, 2007
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Dance, Monkey: Bill Bellamy

A comic in the hot seat
All of the Republicans should dress up as real people.
By SARA FAITH-ALTERMAN  |  October 16, 2007
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Risky business

Cutting loose at Friday Night Live
If none of the above translates to the page as comic, trust me, you had (have!) to be there. 
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ  |  May 08, 2007
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Real housewives and blood diamonds

Another trip to Orange County, and bling’d in Sierra Leone
Literature, that slow cousin to Life, has in its prolonged non-engagement with reality TV been even denser and more dreamily backward than usual.
By JAMES PARKER  |  February 27, 2007
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When sportscasters attack

Sports blotter: "From downtown!" edition
Each sports season carries a relatively small number of sportscaster arrests, but the ones we do get it are usually memorable.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  January 24, 2007
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One-stop shopping for eye candy

Scoping
Whether you’re after meaty jocks or beauteous babes, you can find them in one place this weekend: Fitzpatrick Stadium on Park Avenue in Portland.
By JEFF INGLIS  |  September 06, 2006

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