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...Married Ronnie Spector, lead singer of the Ronettes, with whom he reportedly had a very unhealthy relationship. According to an in-depth 2003 Vanity Fair article, he would often have her call while touring and leave the phone off the hook so that he could fall asleep listening to her breathe. His jealousy was epic. Spector made his estate into a fortress - barbed wire, electric fences - kept a glass-topped coffin in the basement for Ronnie ("so I can keep an eye on her after she's dead") and forced her to take a Phil Spector mannequin with her when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Phil Spector | 5/29/2009 | See Source »

...Double and undercover agents fill out the movie's other main plots. A German-born English officer, Lieutenant Archie Hicox (Michael Fassbender, of Hunger and Fish Tank), is sent by his OSS superior (Mike Myers in a low-key guest spot) to hook up in France with starlet Von Hammersmark, and thus get close enough to Hitler, Goering and Goebbels to kill them and end the war. (Two of the Reich's most beloved actresses, Zarah Leander and Olga Chekova, were later thought to be secret agents for the U.S.S.R.) Hicox and the actress rendezvous in a French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inglourious Basterds: Tarantino and the Jews Defeat Hitler! | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...David Carr, New York Times media correspondent (1 p.m.) If tammy haddad's party is any indication, #nerdprom is going to be off the hook busy. Wag: "Why r u surprised? DC is last place w/any...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tweets From a Washington Dinner (a.k.a. #nerdprom) | 5/9/2009 | See Source »

...show’s final episode aired last month. And even though the divided community may no longer come together to watch The L Word, the group is intertwined through personal connections—friendships, hook-ups, and ex-girlfriends, for better or for worse...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Lesbians Seek Community | 5/8/2009 | See Source »

...room, which was definitely not stolen from any Harvard theatrical organization Your best pick up line: “You’d be surprised, but I make an alarmingly attractive pregnant woman” Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: I would never hook up with a pre-frosh. Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: Please don’t procreate. Favorite childhood activity: Cheering for the Blue Barracudas on “Legends of the Hidden Temple” Sexiest physical trait: Ability to perform Christina Aguilera?...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: scoped! | 5/7/2009 | See Source »

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