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...your stories in the book seem almost too hilarious to be true. What's the line you draw between keeping things accurate and exaggerating for humor? There's not a lot of exaggeration in my stories. You learn that lesson the James Frey way. I'm looking through the book right now trying to think if anything was really exaggerated, and it's like, I don't think so. They're all really true. I don't have to exaggerate a lot, because my life is ridiculous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Late-Night Host Chelsea Handler | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...frocks and bigger egos. In a high-stakes game of chicken, neither side would budge, each one blaming the other for the impending blackout of one of the year's highest-rated programs. The negotations, which had been vigorous, became frantic. Finally, "we found something that was in line with what we pay other programmers," says Charles Schueler, Cablevision EVP. Minutes after the show started, Bob Iger reportedly gave his OK from the red carpet, just in time for Penélope Cruz to glide onto the screens of Cablevision customers in the New York City area to present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Networks vs. Cable: The Oscar-Night Battle | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...novel he is working on now, Eugenides has used this same technique. The story takes place at a college in 1982—and Eugenides himself graduated from Brown University in 1983. But he also discussed the difficulty in treading the line between credibility from autobiographical aspects and the creativity and distance needed for a successful narrative...

Author: By Kristie T. La, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eugenides Dispenses Advice to Aspiring Writers at Advocate | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...following track, and arguably the album’s best song, “On Melancholy Hill,” provides a rare moment where a developed storyline expands on the album’s themes. Albarn is pitch-perfect in his contribution to a gentle, wistful synth line and light drumming, singing, “Up on melancholy hill / There’s a plastic tree / Are you here with me? / Just looking out on the day / Of another dream.” Reality does not exist in this world where nature is “plastic?...

Author: By Alexander E. Traub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gorillaz | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

Hathway summoned some of her best play for a matchup where everything was on the line. The junior from Trinity knew that this would be one of the few chances left in her collegiate career to shine before the emerging Gemmell would assume the throne...

Author: By Brian A. Campos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gemmell Shines at National Tourney | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

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