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Japan was nearly 30 years ahead of us, as usual.Yasutaka Tsutsui’s quirky and entertaining “Salmonella Men on Planet Porno,” a collection of short stories written in 1979, is just now making its debut in the United States, but the stories capitalize...

Author: By Rebecca A. Schuetz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Porno' Goes Absurdist | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

About 20 minutes into director Robert Weide’s new film, Kirsten Dunst asks Simon Pegg, after he steals her boyfriend’s seat at a crowded bar, “Do you know the meaning of karma?” He clearly does not, but after nearly...

Author: By Jessica R. Henderson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People' | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

If Martin and Lyon represent one end of the gay spectrum (rainbow), then Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson are the other. Gawker, Perez Hilton, People.com—the web’s seedy scandal-mongers were obsessed with Lohan and her fedora-ed “friend.?...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman | Title: The Summer of (Lesbian) Love | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

Nick's pathetic ardor for Tris has a surface plausibility, since she's been assembled from the used parts of a teen boy's fantasy. With her full mouth, caterpillar eyebrows, Naugahyde breasts and the inspiration, when aroused, to crawl onto a guy's car hood and leave her lipstick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: Enchanted Evening | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

The break in the action comes at a moment when the nation seems anything but peaceful and its politics far from unified. In the past several days, the presidential campaign has taken on a desperate - and at times downright pathetic - turn.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On 9/11, Obama-McCain (Briefly) Unite | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

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