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...lead singer Brandon Boyd is at his most introspective. He expresses love, loss, contemplation and joy in a more visceral way than most new metal bands. The album has its share of hits and misses, but it also presents a new, very appealing Incubus—the sensitive, lovable pin-up boys of rage rock...

Author: By Daniel M. Raper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Incubus: Morning View | 11/2/2001 | See Source »

...Sade. But what we are witnessing, in the age of the VCR and the Internet, in nothing less than a revolution in smut. Pornography 30 years ago was a $10 million industry, a seamy demi-monde of adult theaters and run-down bookstores. For most people, porn meant Playboy, pin-up girls and maybe a deck of dirty playing cards for stag parties. Nothing else was available...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, | Title: The Pornographic Revolution | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

Though its premise is original, the abundance of stereotypes means that Just Looking can't be a truly significant film. You can't help notice each new cliche, from the pin-up of Hedy as a lingerie model to the kosher butcher Mark, a throw-back to Fiddler on the Roof's Lazar Wolf...

Author: By Rebecca Stone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alexander's Debut Can't Rise Above Mediocre | 10/20/2000 | See Source »

Written and directed by James L. Toback '66 and loosely based upon his own experiences at Harvard College, the film involves the undoing of a star Harvard basketball player, played by the luscious Brazilian Adrian Grenier. According to Toback, Grenier will be the "the new pin-up man for both the gay and straight population. He's incredibly talented and just stunning...

Author: By Frances G. Tilney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stars Come to the Square, Again | 8/4/2000 | See Source »

...show character H.R. Pufnstuf came close to being produced several times but still hasn't been made. And then there are the dozens of off-center biopic ideas that people are continually bringing them--baseball manager Billy Martin, TV preacher Gene Scott, sideshow freak Johnny Eck, pin-up girl Bettie Page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Odd Fellows | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

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