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...Everything' The Catholic girl from Chicago who got her start as a Playboy model was the second of four daughters of a steel-mill-foreman father and courtroom-custodian mother. She attended Mother McAuley High School. "It can be hard for the cute girl," she recalls. "I was blond, cute, broke. I was beat up. I was thrown inside lockers. I was burned with cigarettes. My hair was lit on fire." To earn money for college - she studied nursing at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale - she sent her photos to Playboy and was Miss October and eventually Playmate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Autism Debate: Who's Afraid of Jenny McCarthy? | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

...sister and 24-year-old nephew are out of luck. But there's still hope for her 13-year-old niece. Burnet grabs one of the last remaining pairs in the youth section and stops a 12-year-old girl who is shopping with her mother. "Do you mind trying these on?" she asks, hoping to discern whether the gloves could fit the hands of her niece. The girl slips on the mitts, looks at her hand and wiggles her fingers. "They're too tight," she says. Game over. Burnet says she'll keep searching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vancouver Goes Crazy for Red Mittens | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

...projecting her insecurities about aging onto the story of Sleeping Beauty. As the clearly delusional old lady with a Marge-like nest of towering hair recalls the tale, a 2-D rendition of the story unfolds, contrasting the world of fairies with the more 3D environment of the girl and her grandma. The short ends the old lady creepily saying, “I’ll see you in the morning—with the help of God.” It’s left unclear whether the little girl is able to fall asleep after...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Oscar-Nominated Short Films Preview | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

...world of logos, Michelin men swear up a storm, the Pringles guy does his mustache justice by creepily hitting on the Esso girl, and Ronald McDonald hold the Big Boy and the Haribo boy at gun point, before launching a storm of bullets on the Feds. Perhaps it’s a statement on the self-destructive nature of major corporations or maybe it’s a clever ploy to get sponsors. Nevertheless, it’s strangely engaging to watch all your favorite cartoon characters beat each other...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Oscar-Nominated Short Films Preview | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

...shorts, this Wallace and Gromit creation follows a well-known scheme. Wallace is a baker who saves the life of the Bake-O-Lite and her pretty poodle. They fall in love, Gromit feels lonely, many pastry puns and euphemistic baking scenes ensue. Of course, the Bake-O-Lite girl turns out to be a crazy serial killer out to get her “Baker’s Dozen.” Luckily, Gromit is around to let that fruitcake know her time...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Oscar-Nominated Short Films Preview | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

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