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Creator-writer Eric Schaeffer (who stars as compulsive eater Sam) says he has battled eating problems in real life, and perhaps as a result Starved treats Sam and his friends with sympathy but not sentimentality. They are people, not case studies. In the pilot, for instance, Sam dates a sweet girl whom he tricks into dressing like an actress from a cookie commercial. He does this, we see, because of deep body-image and intimacy issues (also because he's kind of a jerk...
...every weight-loss veteran knows -- and too�many parents of overweight kids are learning--the most fattening foods are often the most comforting, conjuring up memories of sweet treats and celebrations. That's why there was so much interest last week in a report out of the University of California, Irvine that suggests a new approach to thinking about food: brainwashing...
Suddenly the market for BlackBerrys isn't quite so sweet. The handheld device--made by Research in Motion (RIM), which pioneered on-the-go e-mail in 1999--is facing stiff competition from a brambly bunch determined to break the BlackBerry's monopoly. In July, Motorola and Microsoft took aim with their wireless e-mail phone, called Q, which will hit stores early next year. Motorola is also rolling out an iTunes phone with Apple. That's more bad news for RIM. Because the BlackBerry is mainly limited to e-mail on its proprietary platform, many execs are switching...
With all the stress that school gives you, as well as the high expectations of your parents for you to be perfect in every way, I often turned to food for comfort. The sweet taste of candy always brought my spirits up, until I realized what I was doing. But then I would just eat more. Even though food is a major comfort for me, I'm learning to channel some of my anger and stress into sports. Whether I'm kicking my sorrows away in a magnificent breaststroke, slamming that anger with my tennis racket or whamming that...
Rounding out the cast are B-list stars Josh Lucas (best known as Reese Witherspoon’s rejected Southern love in “Sweet Home Alabama”) and Jessica Biel, known as the “wild child” Mary Camden in TV’s “Seventh Heaven,” and, oh yeah, for her topless pictorial in Gear magazine. But you’re probably not going to garner too many big names for your summer blockbuster when your pitch goes: “It’s like...