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...entertainment industry--take, for example, films like Bulworth and the highly rated television show "Politically Incorrect"--the undercurrent of homophobia and racism in Dog Days goes much too far. There seems to be some kind of degrading homosexual joke or insinuation in nearly every chapter, not to mention the constant marginalization of the Italians living in the North End. Perhaps Lyons fully intended to explore the pre-existing homoerotic relationship between Reilly and his roommate Even, a scenario that would have admittedly been more interesting to read than the slapstick imitation-Tarantino Mafia violence which bulks up Dog Days. Reilly...
...Prince William for the first time. When Diana was alive, Camilla was kept very much in the shadows. Her sudden flurry of interest in Charles' son -- they reportedly got together three times over the last month -- has sparked rumors that Camilla is about to become a stepmother, not to mention future Queen Consort...
...memorial at her family's Althorp estate, you'd never know Dodi Fayed existed. And that has his father, Mohammed Al Fayed, lashing out at out Diana's brother, Earl Spencer. "I am sure the people who visit Diana's grave will be amazed there isn't a mention of Dodi's name and there are so many of Prince Charles, who brought her so much unhappiness," said Al Fayed. "(Spencer) himself admitted in his speech on the day of her funeral that she had finally found happiness in her private life...
...brother. Earl Spencer was enraged by Al Fayed's claim that the Princess was about to marry Dodi and had spoken about him moments before her death. The relationship, he said, had not gotten beyond the "heady" stage. Britain's tabloids are debating whether her lovers deserve a mention in the family's memorial, and Mohammed Al Fayed's lifelong battle for acceptance into Britain's aristocracy goes...
Every song on Life Won't Wait deservesan explanatory mention, but with 22 tracksconstituting over an hour of enjoyable musiccovering rainbow of topics, there is just notenough space. From love songs ("Who Would'veThought") to pleading peace among races andstereotypes, from questioning American values toattacking international social problems("Warsaw"), every subject and approach are worthclose attention. The familiar personal stories ofaddiction and relationships ("Hoover Street") areeasily followed by abstract digs ("Cash, Cultureand Violence") and thoughts on global resolve...