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DIED. DENNIS WEAVER, 81, gangly cowpoke actor best known as the limping sidekick in Gunsmoke and as the titular Manhattan cowboy cop in the 1970s series McCloud; in Ridgway, Colo. The prolific Weaver had leading roles in 40 films, including Orson Welles' Touch of Evil and the 1971 highway thriller Duel, directed by an up-and-comer named Steven Spielberg. A committed environmentalist, Weaver spent the past 16 years living in an Earthship--a 10,000-sq.-ft. house made of tin cans and tires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Mar. 13, 2006 | 3/5/2006 | See Source »

...Though it may seem obvious to point out, a work is only “great” or “highbrow” if people decide that it is. Additionally, Assistant Professor of English Jason Stevens argues, looking at popular art is far from a professorial cop-out—it’s a challenge for critics to put all art into context. “The new historicism is to restore high cultural artifacts to the complexity of the circumstances that produced them,” he says.Stevens adds that the inclusion of mass culture...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Clash Over New Classics | 3/2/2006 | See Source »

...fridge for storing food if you accidentally “over order.” Just make sure to write your name on everything­—those bag checkers can be unscrupulous. Science Center: These newly installed machines make a perfect stop-off for ill wanksters to cop some snacks before smoking a doob on the rooftop. Cream-filled Chocolate Cupcakes: Back of the net. Swedish Fish: Get in my belly. Two rows allotted for Nacho Cheese Doritos: Textbook. To put the nail in the coffin, the handsome drink machine offers “Fruit20...

Author: By Christopher J. Catizone and Chris Schonberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Bell Lap: In Search of El Dorito | 3/1/2006 | See Source »

...film's title announces its intentions. It's a collision, an L.A. pileup, of people and prejudices. The dozen-plus major characters include cops, thugs, politicians, strugglers and stragglers, the rich and the poor of all ethnicities--the melting pot that bubbles over in the film's schematic, 36-hour story line. The viewpoint is Manichaean--black and white, if you will--but with a twist. Haggis says not that there are good people and bad people, but that we are all capable of being both. A racist cop (Oscar nominee Matt Dillon) can rudely grope a terrified black woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can He Win His Oscar? | 2/28/2006 | See Source »

...also pick from slutty devil, slutty angel, slutty cop, slutty nurse, slutty cat, slutty dog, slutty teacher, Wellesley student,” reads the article published in the paper, describing the various costume options that a girl...

Author: By Alexandra M. Gutierrez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Girls Next Door | 2/22/2006 | See Source »

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